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www.canadiancoinnews.ca An essential resource for the CANADIAN advanced and beginning collector Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/canadiancoinnews COIN NEWS Follow us on Twitter @trajanpublisher Volume 52 • Number 21 January 27 - February 9, 2015 $3.50 Obama signs new coin protection law On Dec. 19, U.S. President In addition to numismatic Barrack Obama signed the Col- items, it governs the produc- lectible Coin Protection Act tion and importing of imitation (HR 2754) into law, expanding political items. Often taken to the powers of the Hobby Pro- refer to legal tender, the act also tection Act, originally enacted covers the production of tokens in 1973. and medals. It refers to coins The new law strengthens the and currency, as U.S. practice is old act by adding penalties for to use the term “currency” spe- the sale of prohibited items, by cifically for paper money. allowing the prosecution of The terms of the original act “any person who provides sub- addressed both the manufac- Photo courtesy of Wikipedia stantial assistance or support to ture in the U.S. or the importa- U.S. president Barack any manufacturer, importer, or tion of items. Obama seller knowingly engaging in The Industry Council for Photo courtesy of Wikipedia any act or practice that violates Tangible Assets (ICTA), an in- The Big Nickel turned 50 in 2014. the Hobby Protection Act.” The dustry watchdog for the rare man, Henry Waxman, asking act also extends the options for coin, currency, and precious assistance with HR 2754. Wax- legal action to include ship- metals industry, was a sup- man directly asked for assis- ping, and adds a section on porter of the legislation. tance from his Democratic Convention planning, trademark violations specifi- Legislative consultant Jimmy counterpart in the Senate, Sen. cally written to include certifi- Hayes described the process to- Jay Rockefeller, requesting that Big Nickel anniversary cation services. ward passage throughout the the bill be placed upon the The Hobby Protection Act “lame-duck” session of Con- “hot-line” list of bills deserving allows the production of repli- gress as a “textbook on bi-parti- primary consideration. marked summer of ’14 cas of numismatic items pro- san effort.” In 1976 a similar law, the Nu- By Bret Evans the American Numismatic As- vided the word copy is plainly Prior to the beginning of the mismatic Hobby Protection (Second of two parts) sociation (ANA) announced and permanently marked on session, Barry Stuppler, a mem- Act, was introduced into the he summer saw collectors that they had joined forces to the item; is not advertised as a ber of the ICTA board of direc- House of Commons as a pri- on both sides of the border promote their two events, with coin; disclaimers make it clear tors, had met with his congress- vate members bill by John preparingT for their annual con- a hands across the border the item is a replica; and does Reynolds. That act would have ventions. theme. not violate any United States made it illegal to produce cop- The Royal Canadian Numis- With the two conventions Mint trademarks or use its ies of non-current coins of nu- matic Association (RCNA) and being held just a week apart, name. mismatic value unless they and relatively close together, Specially, the act required the were clearly labelled as copies. word “copy” to be marked in The act was still in the House Publications Registration Mail No. 09137 Publications Registration Mail No. 40069699 No. Agreement the collaboration saw the orga- nizations share the duties of all capital letters in English on in 1979 when Pierre Trudeau’s honorary co-chair, and partici- either the obverse or the reverse government fell and was re- pate in each other’s events. of the item in letter at least 2 placed by that of Joe Clark, so it Charles Moore announced mm high and 6 mm across in- was never passed into law. W that the Canadian Legacy Sale cuse in the case of coins, tokens, would also include the sale of and medals to a depth of at the first part of the Canadian least .3 mm., or permanently Barry Stuppler, ICTA board banknote collection of Ronald printed on other items. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia of director Greene. Other highlights would include the Kril error Join the Legacy... collection. The sale saw new records, with more than a dozen notes from chartered banks setting new record prices. Canada’s most famous nu- mismatic landmark, Sudbury’s Big Nickel, celebrated its 50th FEBRUARY 10 -14, 2015 HILTON HOTEL, TORONTO birthday. Erected by entrepreneur Ted Szilva as part of a plan to cre- www.CDNCOIN.com 1-888-236-2646 [email protected] Continued on page 22 1 SET OF FIRST 12 CANADA 1711 Corydon Ave., Tel: (204) 489-9112 There are auctions $20 PURE SILVER COINS .9999 FINE Winnipeg, Manitoba, FAX: (204) 489-9118 ending today! 2011 - 2014 Canada R3N 0J9 What are you waiting for? 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