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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Coinchemistry 2012, post: 2610951, member: 28107&quot;]It depends.&nbsp; Non-fraudulent alteration is legal <b><i>so as long as it doesn&#039;t run afoul of any other statutes or duly enacted administrative regulations</i></b>.&nbsp; This is the point of contention in all of these threads.&nbsp; Does it run afoul of the Hobby Protection Act (which expressly contemplates altered coins within its definitions) and the counterfeiting statutes? </p><p><br /></p><p>When does it become counterfeiting?&nbsp; When counterfeit (unauthorized private) dies are used to impart new designs, mottos, and other inscriptions in the resemblance or similitude to U.S. coins, as defined in the cited statutes, it crosses the line.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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