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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 3113117, member: 73983&quot;]Ripping a bill in half is not comparing apples to apples.&nbsp; Trying to spend a 50% clipped planchet would be closer to your analogy.&nbsp; A better comparison to the OP coin is to take a $20.00 bill that had an offset cut, so that only half of the design was present.&nbsp; The OP&#039;s coin has the entire planchet still surviving, only part of the design was struck into it.&nbsp; But as [USER=76863]@baseball21[/USER]&nbsp; said, you only need 60% of a bill to spend it.&nbsp; The other 40% is then worthless and the remaining 60% can be turned in to any bank at face value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the Mint does not issue currency, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing does through the Federal Reserve Banking System.&nbsp; The US Mint only strikes coins and medals.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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