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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I wonder when whoever is doing this will try it on a 1877 Indian cent.  |
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Moderator
 United States
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Just another Eisenhower dollar set I need to build.  I wonder how they would look in the Capital Plastics holder (I still want to build that set). |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
A problem with those is they possibly will not work in a gum ball machine.  |
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United States
189142 Posts |
Wait, there are still gumball machines out there?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Wait, there are still gumball machines out there? Your kidding of course. However, all the ones I've seen are for a Quarter. At almost every Walmart, Kmart, Target stores at the main entrance. |
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United States
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Yes, of course. But nothing like the large row of machines in front of the K-mart when I was a kid. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Title 18, Chapter 17 § 331. Mutilation, diminution, and falsification of coins; of the U.S. Code:
Whoever fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the mints of the United States, or any foreign coins which are by law made current or are in actual use or circulation as money within the United States; or
Whoever fraudulently possesses, passes, utters, publishes, or sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or brings into the United States, any such coin, knowing the same to be altered, defaced, mutilated, impaired, diminished, falsified, scaled, or lightened— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
not to be that guy but yes it is illegal. wouldnt stop me from wanting on of those eastern european double headed birds done that way.
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United States
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No, it is not. You missed the key word: fraudulently. Unless they attempt to pass them off as something that they are not, no fraud is committed. Altering a one dollar coin like this example here is not fraud, but altering it and attempting to pass it off at ten dollars is. |
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Valued Member
United States
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ahh you would be correct. skipped right over that.
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United States
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No problem, it is easily missed.  |
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New Member
United States
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Maybe, they use special knife or tools to cut them. But I just wonder if it is illegal or not?
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Valued Member
Canada
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Maybe, they use special knife or tools to cut them Water jet cutting. I got a custom piece of granite cut this way, very precise. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It can be done with a jewelers hand saw. I seen it done. It takes a lot of time and patience, which means I will never do it. I would be making rings out of walkers before I could handle the skill this takes.
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Water jet cutting. I got a custom piece of granite cut this way, very precise.  |
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