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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 175699, member: 6763&quot;]There is clearly no intent to defraud.</p><p>First: &quot;any such coin, knowing the same to be altered,</p><p>defaced, mutilated, impaired, diminished, falsified, scaled, or</p><p>lightened&quot; referrs to passing coins that had precious metals (gold or silver) removed for the purpose of cheating the receiver. Not the case here.</p><p>Second: I believe the intent was to make it illegal to produce and pass counterfeit coins and currency.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Also, the mutilate section was intended to outlaw the making of &#039;love tokens&#039; that were so popular in the late 19th century that it was causing a coin shortage.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Next, who would create a &#039;hobo&#039; nickel with the intent to defraud?&nbsp; It is worth more as a creation than as face value.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Lastly, the above Jefferson nickel would probably fall into the category of &quot;freedom of speech&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp; (Or I would hope so, unless the Homeland security reads this, and they probably do.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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