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Engravers sign their initials on the coins/dies, so a straight copy is a big no. Bad form and possible federal case against you for counterfeiting (stealing from the "queen"). Now if you were to hand draw your own design, obverse and reverse, that in no way has the same lines then you're fine.
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Canada
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United States
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Besides Spocking a 5, I have also heard of Snaping a 5.  |
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Canada
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It's a $5 dollar banknote that's still worth face value. While the banking system would probably consider it "mutilated" and remove it from circulation, I've never noticed that doodling or spocking is illegal and indeed, for whatever reason, the practise is fairly common. But I suppose the new polymer banknotes will take the fun out of that.
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Pretty sure trouble would arise from putting a country's name AND denomination on it regardless of design.
Leave of "Canada" OR "One Cent" and you have created a token and not a coin.
Using the Queens likeness, and any design resembling what is on our current (yes current, they are still legal tender) one cent coins would still be an issue.
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Canada
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I read an article recently where the "Spocking" of $5 bills was clearly deemed as being legal - but frowned upon.
Regarding the subject at hand, I don't know why the mint didn't cater to collectors with the penny like they do with the fifty cent piece;
The 50c is not a circulation coin, although it is legal tender;
The 1c is still legal tender, but it is no longer circulated by the mint.
Why didn't the mint make a limited number of rolls per year of post 2012 pennies ~ I know I would have bought them.
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10/23/2015 1:01 pm
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Canada
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Anything THAT EVEN resembles a CURRENT Canadian coin is deemed as being Counterfeit.
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Australia
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To the extent that something resembles a coin or banknote would be left up the the judgement of a Court, if legally challenged.
There are lots of political statements using the form of a banknote that can turn up during political election campaigns. These types of exonumia can be the subject of a rather interesting collection.
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Canada
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In 2013 asked a local private mint in the Toronto area to make a 2.012 kilo copper replica of a Canadian penny, they refused saying they couldn't use the queen's image, I still think they would sell like hotcakes.
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Canada
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It used to be referred to as "Funny Money" and I have no doubt it still floats around at political events!
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Anything THAT EVEN resembles a CURRENT Canadian coin is deemed as being Counterfeit. I just got in the mail today, from the bradford exchange- http://www.bradfordexchange.ca/WWICoin a offer to buy "Aythentic 24K Gold-Plated Legal Tender Honours the Centennial of the First World War" amount on the coin is One Crown, I cakked the mint order line and no one know anything about it.  |
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That looks like a medal of some sort, but if this was a RCM produced coin, they probably had permission or take the chance of being sued. |
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Aythentic 24K Gold-Plated Legal Tender Honours the Centennial of the First World War Legal tender of the Commonwealth Territory of Tristan da Cunha. You know, that group of remote islands in the south Atlantic; population of about 300 people. I'd laugh but this stuff is quickly becoming just about as legitimate as RCM NCLT. |
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Canada
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it's possible they have a license to use to Queens image,
although they use the denomination of One Crown, they don't have a countries name on the token (just the abbreviation for Tristan da Cunha)
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A credit to CC Ottawa to find that great island nation, a few years ago a German mint was producing Somolia bullion elephants and it had permission from a former deposed government finance minister over many years ago
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Posted 10/22/2015 8:58 pm
