RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR NUMISMATICS UNDER
THE HOBBY PROTECTION ACT.
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304.1 Terms defined.
304.2 General requirements.
304.3 Applicability.
304.4 Application of other law and regulations.
304.6 Marking requirements for imitation numismatic items.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.
Source: 40 FR 5496, Feb. 6, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
304.1 Terms defined.
(a) Act means the Hobby Protection Act (approved November 29,
1973; Pub. L. 93 - 167, 87 Stat. 686, (15 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.)).
(b) Commerce has the same meanings as such term has under the
Federal Trade Commission Act.
(c) Commission means the Federal Trade Commission.
(d) Imitation numismatic item means an item which purports to
be, but in fact is not, an original numismatic item or which is a
reproduction, copy, or counterfeit of an original numismatic item.
Such term includes an original numismatic item which has been
altered or modified in such a manner that it could reasonably
purport to be an original numismatic item other than the one which
was altered or modified. The term shall not include any re-issue or
re-strike of any original numismatic item by the United States or
any foreign government.
(f) Original numismatic item means anything which has been a
part of a coinage or issue which has been used in exchange or has
been used to commemorate a person, object, place, or event. Such
term includes coins, tokens, paper money, and commemorative medals.
(h) Person means any individual, group, association,
partnership, or any other business entity.
(i) Regulations means any or all regulations prescribed by
the Federal Trade Commission pursuant to the Act.
(j) United States means the States, the District of Columbia,
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(k) Diameter of a reproduction means the length of the
longest possible straight line connecting two points on the
perimeter of the reproduction.
[40 FR 5496, Feb. 6, 1975, as amended at 53 FR 38942, Oct. 4,
1988]
304.2 General requirement.
Imitation numismatic items subject to the Act shall be marked
in conformity with the requirements of the Act and the regulations
promulgated thereunder. Any violation of these regulations shall
constitute a violation of the Act and of the Federal Trade
Commission Act.
304.3 Applicability.
Any person engaged in the manufacturing, or importation into
the United States for introduction into or distribution in
commerce, of imitation numismatic items shall be subject to the
requirements of the Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
304.4 Application of other law or regulation.
The provisions of these regulations are in addition to, and
not in substitution for or limitation of, the provisions of any
other law or regulation of the United States (including the
existing statutes and regulations prohibiting the reproduction of
genuine currency) or of the law or regulation of any State.
304.6 Marking requirements for imitation numismatic items.
(a) An imitation numismatic item which is manufactured in the
United States, or imported into the United States for introduction
into or distribution in commerce, shall be plainly and permanently
marked ``COPY''.
(b) The word ``COPY'' shall be marked upon the item legibly,
conspicuously, and nondeceptively, and in accordance with the
further requirements of these regulations.
(1) The word ``COPY'' shall appear in capital letters, in the
English language.
(2) The word ``COPY'' shall be marked on either the obverse
or the reverse surface of the item. It shall not be marked on the
edge of the item.
(3) An imitation numismatic item of incusable material shall
be incused with the word ``COPY'' in sans-serif letters having a
vertical dimension of not less than two millimeters (2.0 mm) or not
less than one-sixth of the diameter of the reproduction, and a
minimum depth of three-tenths of one millimeter (0.3 mm) or to
one-half (1/2) the thickness of the reproduction, whichever is the
lesser. The minimum total horizontal dimension of the word ``COPY''
shall be six millimeters (6.0 mm) or not less than one-half of the
diameter of the reproduction.
(4) An imitation numismatic item composed of nonincusable
material shall be imprinted with the word ``COPY'' in sans-serif
letters having a vertical dimension of not less than two
millimeters (2.0 mm) or not less than one-sixth of the diameter of
the reproduction. The minimum total horizontal dimension of the
word ``COPY'' shall be six millimeters (6.0 mm) or not less than
one-half of the diameter of the reproduction.
[40 FR 5496, Feb. 6, 1975, as amended at 53 FR 38942, Oct. 4,
1988]
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