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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1972233, member: 37498&quot;]Just to clarify, there are two laws that I am aware of that pertain to the destruction of coins.&nbsp; One that makes it illegal to fraudulently deface US coins and the other that expressly forbids the melting of pennies and nickels.</p><p><br /></p><p>The one that would apply to Silver (and gold) American Eagles is the former, since it is neither a penny nor a nickel.&nbsp; This law only makes it illegal to fraudulently alter coins.&nbsp; Changing the date in an effort to increase its value, or shaving some of the silver off the edges, or dissolving <i>some</i> of the silver in nitric acid, would be good examples.&nbsp; However, it is perfectly legal to completely melt a Silver Eagle to use all of the silver for other purposes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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