The FTC has issued a Notice that it has determined that manufacturing or importing any imitation numismatic item which is not plainly and permanently marked “COPY” is an unfair or deceptive, and violates the FTC Act.
Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Imitation Coins (1977).
Transcript of Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Imitation Coins (created 2022).
The FTC administrative decision establishing penalty offenses concerning imitation coins:
- Gold Bullion Int’l, Ltd., 92 F.T.C. 196 (1978).
About Notices of Penalty Offenses
A Notice of Penalty Offenses is a document listing certain types of conduct that the FTC has determined, in one or more litigated administrative cases, to be unfair or deceptive in violation of the FTC Act.
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