On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Aaron Goldfein<aarongoldf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> In the US, it's perfectly legal to deface coins, as long as you're not >> doing anything fraudulent. > > I think it's not, but not because you're insulting the image of the > person featured on the coin, but because you're stealing some of the > metal.
It's legal: http://www.treas.gov/education/faq/coins/portraits.shtml (and you can find machines to mutilate pennies for souvenirs in museums and such)
