---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 304.1"
title: "16"
number: "304.1"
heading: "Terms defined."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/304.1"
---

# §304.1. Terms defined.

- (a) Act means the Hobby Protection Act (approved November 29, 1973; Pub. L. 93-167, 87 Stat. 686, ([15 U.S.C. 2101](/usc/15/2101.md) et seq.)).
- (b) **Commerce—** has the same meanings as such term has under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
- (c) Commission means the Federal Trade Commission.
- (d) Imitation numismatic item means an item which purports to be, but in fact is not, an original numismatic item or which is a reproduction, copy, or counterfeit of an original numismatic item. Such term includes an original numismatic item which has been altered or modified in such a manner that it could reasonably purport to be an original numismatic item other than the one which was altered or modified. The term shall not include any re-issue or re-strike of any original numismatic item by the United States or any foreign government.
- (e) Imitation political item means an item which purports to be, but in fact is not, an original political item, or which is a reproduction, copy or counterfeit of an original item.
- (f) Original numismatic item means anything which has been a part of a coinage or issue which has been used in exchange or has been used to commemorate a person, object, place, or event. Such term includes coins, tokens, paper money, and commemorative medals.
- (g) Original political item means any political button, poster, literature, sticker, or any advertisement produced for use in any political cause.
- (h) Person means any individual, group, association, partnership, or any other business entity.
- (i) Regulations means any or all regulations prescribed by the Federal Trade Commission pursuant to the Act.
- (j) United States means the States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
- (k) Diameter of a reproduction means the length of the longest possible straight line connecting two points on the perimeter of the reproduction.

## Notes

### Amendments

[40 FR 5496, Feb. 6, 1975, as amended at 53 FR 38942, Oct. 4, 1988]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 5496, Feb. 6, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[40 FR 5496, Feb. 6, 1975, as amended at 53 FR 38942, Oct. 4, 1988]