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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SilverSurfer, post: 770008, member: 21603&quot;]The source is Wikipedia.&nbsp; Not the best source, but I believe the information to be accurate.</p><p><br /></p><p>The process of creating elongated coins is legal in the United States, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" rel="nofollow">Canada</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" rel="nofollow">South Africa</a> and parts of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" rel="nofollow">Europe</a>. In the United States, U.S. Code Title 18, Chapter 17, Section 331 prohibits &quot;the mutilation, diminution and falsification of United States coinage.&quot; The foregoing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute" rel="nofollow">statute</a>, however, does not prohibit the mutilation of coins, if the mutilated coins are not used fraudulently, i.e., with the intention of creating counterfeit coinage. Because elongated coins are made mainly as souvenirs, mutilation for this purpose is legal. There, blank <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planchet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planchet" rel="nofollow">planchets</a>, slugs or U.S. cents are occasionally used, though this law is often ignored both by the users of the machine and law enforcement. This method is also often used in countries, such as Australia, who either do not or no longer have a cent (or equivalent) coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Me again....Or course, you could say that making them elongated bypasses the new law about melting pennies, since they are no longer pennies.&nbsp; That&#039;s all fine and dandy, until you realize it cost $.50 to press one of these pennies in the machine.&nbsp; I guess you&#039;d have to own one to get around the law.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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