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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 170390, member: 6763&quot;]First, yes it is (to my knowledge) illegal to deface US Currency. However, coins are not currency, that is paper money. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [Webster&#039;s dictionary: Currency: the money in circulation in any country; often, specifically, paper money.]</p><p><br /></p><p>The defacement of coins was passed around the turn of the century because of the coin shortage caused by people creating &#039;love tokens&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The melting of silver coins was declared illegal around 1964-1965 because of the coin shortage, however, (I don&#039;t know the date) obviously this was reversed, or we would not have the lively trade in silver coins that we have today.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Also, remember the &#039;Great Silver Melt&#039; of 1980, when the price of silver went nuts. Therefore, coins can be melted. I remember that they were discussing passing a law to prevent the melting of copper cents back around 1982, but the price of copper dropped, and then it became a dead issue.</p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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