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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not only is it wrong to do this to coins. I think its against the law to deface coins to the point
they can not be used in commerace.
Why would coin collectors damage coins? I can see making jewelry out of worn out coins.
But to outright destroy them and take thes away from generations to come.
Well to me this is just flat out WRONG.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When I was a lot younger, bout the only thing I ever did intentionally (other than railroad tracks, and stacking coins and smashing with a 2-ton press) was shooting a dime at close to 75 yds with a .22 rifle. Never found the dime though.
Wasn't there a famous cowboy sharpshooter that would toss a silver dollar in the air and put a bullet through the center of it?
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10/12/2012 9:11 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Wasn't there a famous cowboy sharpshooter that would toss a silver dollar in the air and put a bullet through the center of it? Yes, HER name was Annie Oakley.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I do things like this to coins  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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And this  |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Some may call this mutilation.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Valued Member
United States
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Hi folks, here is a link to the law in the U.S. regarding damaging coins. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/331Note the word FRAUDULENT. You can do whatever you want to the coins as long as they do not misrepresent. Carve a hobo nickel? Legal. Engrave a love token? Legal. Cut a Morgan with a band saw? Legal. Alter a date or mint mark? Illegal. Cut down a cent to use as a dime in a coke machine? Illegal. Use a 3D scanner and CNC mill to make your own copy dies to create error coins? Illegal. As a carver of hobo nickels (I teach hobo nickel carving at the ANA summer seminar), I find artistically altered coins to be very interesting and when I can take a coin I paid about $2 for and turn it into something I can sell for several hundred, I'm a happy camper. Joe Paonessa America's greatest left handed hobo nickel carver (North of Chicago) |
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-I am doing this by request of Harry213 Awe shucks CoinGuy1000 you shouldn't have, no really you shouldn't have  Hey here's my New Topic for those of us that truly appreciate and enjoy turning coins into beautiful works of art, not grotesquely disfigured and mutilated chunks of metal.  Check this out and enjoy: https://goccf.com/t/131585#131585Edited by Harry213
10/13/2012 10:44 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The only 2 coins I ever mutilated  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That Morgan almost made me cry.....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Timnic44, Those are awesome! What do you use to carve the metal like that?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The second photo shows the tips of some of the steel hand gravers I use. No power/air tools.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Awesome. And that must be a silver coin, right? have you tried with other metal compositions?
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