Depends on which currency, and depends on how exactly you deface it.
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
People don’t like to hear it, but defacing currency is technically illegal, doesn’t matter what loophole you think you have, the only thing that matters is intent and how permanent it is. Unlikely to get in trouble unless you’re playing with it in front of an asshole cop/etc, but there are asshole cops and it is worth knowing.
But yeah, if you can’t find any at your bank, there are always plenty on ebay, they actually still made the Kennedy 50 cent piece until last year, just mostly uncirculated. You’ll pay more online but not drastically more, $5 is the high end I’d expect.
impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
erin@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
You are incorrect. You can mark coins as much as you’d like, plate them, or otherwise deface them, as long as the intent is not to defraud. Source: the US mint
https://www.usmint.gov/resources/business-guidelines-faq
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Your link responds to half of those questions with ‘you should talk to an attorney’.
Most important piece in direct reference to the statute I’ve mentioned repetitively: “The United States Mint cannot issue interpretations of criminal statutes.”
This is mentioned more than once.