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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 158260, member: 669&quot;]Very simple answer - Parliament requires it, not the Treasury, which has no control over the MPs.I will be very surprised if you get much help about how to break the law from our members.&nbsp; At least most of them, and probably all, try to avoid being involved in criminal conspiracies.&quot;Lots of others are doing it&quot; is not a defense to crime in any common law or civil law jurisdiction.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know about other legal systems, but I strongly doubt it.You&#039;d better review UK import law to see if bringing altered coins into the country is banned.Short of searching the records of every criminal court in the UK there&#039;s really no way to tell if there have been prosecutions.&nbsp; A proper search of the appellate court records (which are all published)&nbsp; would, however, turn up any cases that were appealed.&nbsp; Go back to the law and see what penalties are authorized for convicted violaters, and you will learn the maximum possible penalty.&nbsp; Generally, common law courts impose first offense sentences below the maximum.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of that said,&nbsp; <img src="http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/schilder/142.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> to CoinTalk Bob.&nbsp; I completely agree with you that the Treasury rule is silly, but I&#039;m not a citizen of the UK and can&#039;t vote for an MP committed to passing a law overruling the Treasury. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>US law is more forgiving of folks like you who, frankly in my opinion, desire to destroy the collectibility of perfectly good coins, and only forbids alteration (including mutilation) done with fraudulent intent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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