Silver Surfer Officially an Illegal Alien
Or rather, illegal tender.
FOX has been seeking to promote “Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer” with the Jack Kirby character gracing the back of several special quarters.
Unfortunately, it is illegal to mutilate, cut, deface, disfigure, perforate, unite or cement together, or do any other thing to currency. The Franklin Mint, whom Fox collaborated with in the promotion, insists they were not breaking the law, but the US Mint says otherwise.
What perhaps threw up the red flag is selling of these quarters as legal tender which can be used as currency, as claimed by an eBay seller, who later recanted his position after more information was brought up, according to Newsarama.
From the picture, it doesn’t seem the quarter has been changed or altered much save for the picture of Silver Surfer cemented to the back. I’m guessing if you’re really really thirsty and all you have in your pocket is four or five commerative quarters bearing the image of Norrin Radd, you’re in fair game with a vending machine, but using ‘em anywhere else might be a bit dubious.
This is one case where what happens in comics should have stayed in comics.
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