National Collector's Mint
National Collector's Mint, Inc. is a company based in New York that sells privately-produced coin, other coins and ancient coins, and creates solid bullion and bullion-clad coin, either as novelties or as legal tender coins in poor countries such as Liberia. Such coins are commonly considered to have no value to coin collectors. The company does not produce coins that are legal tender in the United States, and is not affiliated with, endorsed, or licensed by the U.S. government or the United States Mint. The firm has been indicted, convicted, and penalized for fraud on at least one occasion and continues to sell products that purport to be of high value.
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