Saturday, September 11, 2004
U.S. Mint Warns Consumers of Fake 9/11 Coin
I have seen the TV commercial advertising this supposed 9/11 coin. Then there was this today from the AP
One side of the coin shows the Freedom Tower planned for the site and bears the phrase "In God We Trust." The other side shows the old Manhattan skyline, with the World Trade Center still standing, and the phrase "One dollar." The company marketing the coin says it is the first "legally authorized government issue silver dollar ... to commemorate the World Trade Center and the new Freedom Tower.
National Collectors Mint is advertising the coins as products of the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The U.S. Mint said the commonwealth, as a U.S. insular possession, does not have the authority to coin its own money
# posted by N.D. Burnside @ 9:11 AM 
