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Hey, I could make some of those. I wonder what holds them together. If it's a light press fit, I don't see how you'd get them apart. I guess you could leave a little lip on the back part so you could get a knife in between them.
I can see only limited applications for these. To put a vaulable card in there is to invite disaster by spending or otherwise losing it. |
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I would imagine that this falls under the same issues as the pressed penny.
No fraudulent intent, no crime. Treasury letter to that effect is available.............. http://www.parkpennies.com/pressed-penny/penny-pressing-legal.htm |
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Why would they be illegal? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Hmm, just read through the laws on the US Bureau of Engraving, I guess as long as its not defaced it's fine. Defacing it is not illegal so long as you are not defacing it in a manner consistent with fraud. Such as bleaching a one dollar bill and printing over it to look like a $20. Same way those rings made from per 64 half dollars are legal. As long as they were made from real currency they should be legal. If they were not then they would be counterfeit. |
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I saw a "Mysteries at the Museum" episode where someone dropped a coin that broke in half. Inside was a microfilm of a coded message. I think they traced it to a Russian spy organization who was trying to get messages to their US agent. They finally decoded the message and it was something along the lines of "Welcome to glorious People's Revolution Spy Agency. This coin part of Getting Started kit, which can be use to overthrow runningdog capitalist oppressors."
It was theorized that the actual agent never knew it was a secret coin and just spent it somewhere. |
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Why would they be illegal? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Hmm, just read through the laws on the US Bureau of Engraving, I guess as long as its not defaced it's fine. Defaced in this sense = changing the printed/engraved value. I know they ruled that you're not allowed to smelt copper cent pieces once they figured out that they were worth more than one cent, in copper. |
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I saw a "Mysteries at the Museum" episode where someone dropped a coin that broke in half. Inside was a microfilm of a coded message. I think they traced it to a Russian spy organization who was trying to get messages to their US agent. They finally decoded the message and it was something along the lines of "Welcome to glorious People's Revolution Spy Agency. This coin part of Getting Started kit, which can be use to overthrow runningdog capitalist oppressors." It was theorized that the actual agent never knew it was a secret coin and just spent it somewhere. Well, I was going to say that these might have been used by spies, but then this kind of a spy-fail so maybe not? |
