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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 2484078, member: 15199&quot;]Elongated coins are legal ( same area) ~altered, unless you say an elongated cent is really a 10 cent coin. Advertising on money is a more hazy issue. &quot;Where&#039;s George&quot; site had some trouble </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;In April 2000, the site was investigated by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service" rel="nofollow">United States Secret Service</a>, which informed Eskin that the selling of &quot;Where&#039;s George?&quot; rubber stamps on the web site is considered &quot;advertising&quot; on United States currency, which is illegal under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_18_of_the_United_States_Code" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_18_of_the_United_States_Code" rel="nofollow">18 <b>U.S.C.</b></a><b> <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/475" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/475" rel="nofollow">§ 475</a>.</b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_George%3F#cite_note-14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_George%3F#cite_note-14" rel="nofollow"><b>[</b>14]</a> The site&#039;s administrators immediately ceased selling the rubber stamps; no further action against the site was taken.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_George%3F#cite_note-WG_ST_2004-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_George%3F#cite_note-WG_ST_2004-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> At least one spokesperson for the US Secret Service has pointed out in print that marking US bills, even if not defacement, can still be illegal if it falls under &quot;advertisement&quot;.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_George%3F#cite_note-15" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_George%3F#cite_note-15" rel="nofollow">[15]</a> However, a Secret Service spokesman in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" rel="nofollow">Seattle, Washington</a>, told <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seattle_Times" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seattle_Times" rel="nofollow">The Seattle Times</a></i> in 2004: &quot;Quite frankly, we wouldn&#039;t spend too much looking into this.&quot; Wiki.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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