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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 158334, member: 112&quot;]Bob, </p><p><br /></p><p>You need to realize you are talking about the laws of two different countries. In the US there is nothing illegal about what you want to do. In the UK it is illegal, or apparently so. Personally I don&#039;t really know for sure if it is or isn&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you say you contacted the Treasury, I assume you mean the US Treasury. And when you say that you were directed to the UK law, I assume you mean you were directed to it by someone you contacted at the US Treasury - is this correct ? Or did you contact someone in the UK ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Either way, as long as you are in the US when you do this - you are not breaking the law. The US law that applies has been quoted directly, it says - </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Whoever fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes,</p><p>falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the mints of</p><p>the United States, <b>or any foreign coins which are by law made current</b> .........&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The key word in this law is fraudulently - what you are doing is not fraudulent nor do you have any fraudulent intent. So you would not be breaking the law - period.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, there are those collectors who do not like to see this sort of thing happen to coins. It makes them unhappy, hopefully you can understand that. But they are your coins - you can do with them as you will <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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