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Interesting facts about Pennies, the US CURRENCY

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigblue12v View Post
    People do scrap them?
    No. It's illegal to destroy national currency

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrap man View Post
    No. It's illegal to destroy national currency

    I got to wondering how the penny press machines get around it...found this.

    "IT'S LEGAL!
    U.S. Title 18, Chapter 17, Section 331: Prohibits among other things, fraudulent alteration and mutilation of coins. This statue does not, however, prohibit the mutilation of coins if done without fraudulent intent if the mutilated coins are not used fraudulently."

    http://www.rockyrockholt.com/

    Suppose melting them down constitutes fraud?

    No worries here, nothing hot enough to melt them.

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