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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 2170954, member: 4781&quot;]It translates very well in this situation.</p><p>It is perfectly legal to deface US coins, except in these four instances.</p><p><br /></p><p>1) if the alteration or defacement is for FRAUDULENT purposes.</p><p>The US Mint even underlines the key work &quot;fraudulently&quot;:</p><p><a href="http://www.usmint.gov/consumer/18USC331.cfm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/consumer/18USC331.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usmint.gov/consumer/18USC331.cfm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>2) Shaving metal off of coins. Technically, any type of intentional coin carving is illegal since it involves &quot;lightening&quot; of the coin. But nobody cares any more since this statute was enacted to prevent people from shaving a little gold or silver off of every coin that passed through their hands and then placing the coin back into circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>3) Affixing commercial advertising to money. It is against the law to put advertising on money and then place it into circulation. Remember the &quot;Where&#039;s George&quot; dollar bills ? The Secret Service asked them to stop doing that because their inked rubber stampings on the paper money amounted to commercial advertising of their web site.</p><p><br /></p><p>4) It is currently against regulations to melt cents and nickels. Small-time hobby projects are still permitted, however.</p><p><br /></p><p>So those coins made into jewelry, novelty counter-stampings, souvenirs, etc, are all ok.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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