SEPTEMBER 11 "COIN" SALES HALTED 上市 Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 42, October 17, 2004, Article 2
SEPTEMBER 11 "COIN" SALES HALTED
Christopher Rivituso forwarded an October 13th
story from the Associated Press wire noting that the
sale of the September 11 "coins" discussed in an earlier
E-Sylum issue have been halted. Here are some
excerpts:"New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer obtained a
court order Wednesday to temporarily suspend the sale
of commemorative Sept. 11 coins advertised as being
minted from silver recovered at ground zero.Spitzer said the sale of the silver dollars - emblazoned
with the World Trade Center towers on one side and
the planned Freedom Tower on the other - is a fraud.
He's investigating whether the silver actually came from
the ruins of the twin towers."It is a shameless attempt to profit from a national tragedy,''
Spitzer said. "This product has been promoted with
claims that are false, misleading or unsubstantiated.''"Tom Conway, head of the state's Consumer Frauds and
Protection Bureau, said an investigation into the company
began with consumer complaints and a referral from the
U.S. Mint, which issued a notice on its Web site that the
coin "is not a legally authorized government issued'' product."Chris Fuccione forwarded links to an additional article in
USA Today and a page from the Attorney General's
web site:
USA Today Article
Attorney General- 2004-10-17
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