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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;billzach, post: 251814, member: 2560&quot;]A good friend on mine and a fellow coin carver, recarved a wheat cent about 2 years ago for president Bush..It had to have the ok of the president,s legal office before he could accept it and it took about 6 months before all the laws were checked by his office to make sure it was legal ..It was accepted...There was a law created in 1886 against plating 1883 nickels with gold [ the no cents version&nbsp; ] and being passed as five dollar gold coins..If a person altered a coin&nbsp;&nbsp; like changing date, mint mark, etc. with the intent to defraud someone, yes it,s illegal...Just think of all the jewery shops that sell cutout mercury dimes, all the private mints that use minted&nbsp; coins to stamp new designs on them, all the people who&nbsp; weld and cut out&nbsp; silver dollars and other coins&nbsp; on&nbsp; belt buckles, the list goes on and on...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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