Re: Penny shot
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: KSwift</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mutilating US coins isn't a crime if it's not used fradulently or for the metal value.
So as long as you don't try and use that as a 1 cent piece or get the metal out of it, you're fine.
That's how penny smashing machines at tourist attractions are legal, otherwise all those souvenir pennies that are all streched out would be illegal contraband. </div></div>
I was hardly worried about the feds getting bent out of shape over some pennies. The laws around defacing money are throwbacks to when money was actually valuable, and not just a symbol of value, gold and silver coins...
I can never tell on the internet if people are being serious, but anyone worries about defacing US currency should go arrest kids that flatten coins on RR tracks, or people who draw all over dollor bills, or use those damn penny stretching machines; criminals, those damn kids are all criminals!