In 1991 he founded the National Collectors Mint in Port Chester , New York . The company , through its online catalog and television advertisements , markets collectible and commemorative coins . In 2004 , it began selling coins commemorating the September 11 attacks with silver purported to have been recovered from the World Trade Center . The coins , which it allegedly purported to be legal tender , are said to have been issued by the United States territory Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands which can not issue legal tender . After the company paid a $ 750,000 settlement to the FTC for repeatedly and fraudulently marketing the coins , senator Chuck Schumer stated , " This settlement will assure consumers that we , as a nation , will not tolerate such a despicable scam . "
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Avram C. Freedberg