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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1978906, member: 66&quot;]It isn&#039;t illegal to mutilate a reeded edge coin, you can mutilate it to your hearts content.&nbsp; What is illegal is to do so with fraudulent intent.&nbsp; The mutilation isn&#039;t illegal, the intent to commit fraud is.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem with the 1974 D aluminum cent is that the government never made any.&nbsp; This means that technically the crime involved is conversion of government property for private gain.&nbsp; Since the Denver mint never used or had aluminum planchets of that size it must have been brought in from outside and the government dies and presses were used without authorization[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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