The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 22, June 3, 2007, Article 19

SITCKERS ON BRITISH POUND COINS ADVERTISE HOTEL'S EVENTS

Appropriately timed due to the two items we carried last week about
advertising uses of coins in Canada and the U.S., Chris Eimer forwarded
this article from The Times of London regarding the use of stickers
on British pound coins for publicity.

"The Royal Mint has rebuked a hotel for using coins to advertise
entertainment.

"The Golden Lion in St Ives, near Huntingdon, in Cambridgeshire,
has been adding stickers to pound coins in the bar till and handing
them out in change to promote its events.

"A spokesman for the Royal Mint said: "We are not aware of any legal
powers to prevent people using stickers on coins for advertising.

""However, the Royal Mint disapproves of the use of the coinage in
this way as it brings the dignity and integrity of the coinage into
disrepute.""

To read the complete article, see: Full Story

[So the practice of stickering coins in England is technically legal,
though frowned upon by the Mint.  -Editor]

 CANADIAN RESTAURANT PROMOTION PUTS STICKERS ON NICKELS
 esylum_v10n21a18.html

 "SILVER SURFER" ALTERED QUARTERS DRAW U.S. MINT IRE
 esylum_v10n21a19.html

 David Ganz' article on the Silver Surfer quarter (Numismatic News):
 Silver Surfer quarter (Numismatic News)

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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