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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;modernnow, post: 784266, member: 22587&quot;]I could be wrong but I think that is a stricter penalty amended for pennies and nickels above the already in place general laws for currency. The below code was quoted in response to someone asking if it was illegal to weld pocket change together to make a sculpture. </p><p>My only question is does this cover pocket change? One would think, but I am not sure. Obviously &quot;coin silver&quot; items such as servers and candlesticks must of been legal at some point. </p><p>United States Code </p><p>TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE </p><p>PART I - CRIMES </p><p>CHAPTER 17 - COINS AND CURRENCY</p><p>§ 333. Mutilation of national bank obligations </p><p><br /></p><p>?Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or</p><p>unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill,</p><p>draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking</p><p>association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal Reserve System,</p><p>with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence</p><p>of debt unfit to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or</p><p>imprisoned not more than six months, or both.?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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