President Obama Pardons Coin Criminal!

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BluegrassRiver Valued Member United States 324 Posts	Posted 02/04/2015 07:44 am Using the President's executive powers, Ronald Lee Foster of Beaver Falls Pa. was pardoned of his crime of mutilating coins in 1963. He had shaved the edges off pennies to fool vending machines into thinking they were dimes. He was pardoned at the age of 66. This was one of several pardons for old timers for old time crime. Evidently, Mr. Foster lived a exemplary life after the crime, never once starting a TPG like Star Grading Service. LOL Courtesy of USA Today 2/4/15 Report this Post to the Staff

ChildOfTheWheat Pillar of the Community United States 5828 Posts	Posted 02/04/2015 08:30 am Wow Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188535 Posts	Posted 02/04/2015 08:44 am Interesting. When I read the topic I immediately thought of a more recent criminal. Glad I was wrong. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24161 Posts	Posted 02/04/2015 09:30 am Good, shouldn't have been in jail for that anyway. That's absurd. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
SteveCaruso Pillar of the Community United States 1796 Posts	Posted 02/04/2015 10:46 am Certainly not for that long! How old was he when he did this? 14? Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 02/04/2015 10:51 am If he's 66 in 2015, he was in High School when the offense occurred. Report this Post to the Staff
barryg Pillar of the Community United States 5854 Posts	Posted 02/04/2015 11:17 am Thanks, Obama! Expanded Digital U.S. Type Set Album \| Dansco 8100 (Lincon Cents) Album \| Digital Proof Type Set \| Digital U.S. Currency Type Set \| Foreign Bullion Coins Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5173 Posts	Posted 02/04/2015 11:27 am Apparently the pardon happened back in 2010. Not sure why it could've been in the news this year. Also, the guy never was actually in jail in the first place (he got a $20 fine and a year of probation), and only discovered that he was actually a convicted felon when trying to get a gun license in 2005. Still, a rather weird story. Report this Post to the Staff
Boliver Valued Member United States 61 Posts	Posted 02/04/2015 5:39 pm So what the pardon amounted to was a gesture ,maybe the man should not release known terrorist as a gesture to the safety of humankind. Thanks Obama! Report this Post to the Staff
wheatchaser140 Pillar of the Community United States 2368 Posts	Posted 02/04/2015 6:07 pm That's hilarious! Report this Post to the Staff
willieboyd2 Pillar of the Community United States 525 Posts	Posted 03/13/2015 1:26 pm I found a Lincoln Cent 1946-S altered to pass as a dime recently. I checked the local CoinStar machine and saw several coins in the reject bin. Usually a foreign coin causes the machine to reject coins, buy all 30 of the coins were US pennies, probably from the same person but I can not be sure. One had been hammered to nearly the size of a quarter; that one probably caused the rejection. Of the others, 8 were zinc, 19 were Lincoln Memorial copper, and two were wheat pennies, a 1956 which had two wire-cutter marks, and this altered 1946-S penny: The coin was probably altered with a file to pass as a dime in a vending machine. It weighs 2.67gm, is 19mm in diameter, and the sides are smooth. I had heard of pennies altered this way but had not seen one until now. On December 3, 2010 President Obama pardoned a man for doing this "coin mutilation" in 1963. The man was lucky, in medieval times, the penalty for altering coins was death, usually inflicted in one of those imaginative ways that medievals had. https://www.brianrxm.com The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin Coins in Movies Coins on Television Report this Post to the Staff
Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 03/20/2015 12:26 pm Proof Obama isn't ALL bad Report this Post to the Staff
Ed52151 Valued Member United States 56 Posts	Posted 03/25/2015 7:03 pm I'm surprised Obama didn't make him head of the Federal Reserve Bank. Instead of turning pennies into dimes, he''d be able to turn air into Trillions ! Report this Post to the Staff
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