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> The best plan is to re-base all pennies to be worth 5¢ But they say "ONE CENT" on them.
by ebg13 6y ago
> The best plan is to re-base all pennies to be worth 5¢
But they say "ONE CENT" on them.
- gojomo 6y agoThey also say, 'Liberty', 'In God We Trust', & 'E Pluribus Unum'. Lots of writing on government-issued materials is false, ceremonial, outdated, or overridden by later acts. If it really bothers you, you can file that off your pennies before spending them at 5¢ value. We won't mind.
- saagarjha 6y agoI would check 18 U.S. Code §331 (fraudulently defacing currency) before doing that.
- gojomo 6y agoThere would be no fraud in scratching 'ONE CENT' off of pennies that were, by law, worth 5¢. But also, when was the last prosecution for defacing a coin in the United States? What sort of monster would call the police on a fellow person for passing a damaged penny? How would the prosecution's burden of proof be met? (Be a currency hacker, like Satoshi or Woz – https://hackaday.com/2012/08/03/woz-prints-and-spend-his-own-2-bills/ https://hackaday.com/2012/08/03/woz-prints-and-spend-his-own... – not someone whose actions are limited by obscure dead-letter laws.)
- scarface74 6y agoWhat sort of monster would call the police on a fellow person for passing a damaged penny? These types: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/us/central-park-video-dog-video-african-american-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/us/central-park-video-dog-vid... https://www.dailydot.com/irl/black-man-police-comcast/ https://www.dailydot.com/irl/black-man-police-comcast/ https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/06/03/cops-draw-guns-cuff-black-man-his-new-home-when-neighbor-calls-911/3135193001/ https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/06/03/cops-draw-gun... https://www.tmz.com/2020/06/23/ohio-cops-called-black-kids-playing-football-join-game/ https://www.tmz.com/2020/06/23/ohio-cops-called-black-kids-p...
- InitialLastName 6y agoHow is Woz a currency hacker in that link? He literally just buys sheets from [0] and glues them together. [0]https://catalog.usmint.gov/paper-currency/uncut-currency/ https://catalog.usmint.gov/paper-currency/uncut-currency/
- gojomo 6y agoThe $2 bills are currency. He recombines them to create funny & thought-provoking situations, including encounters with local police & Secret Service, that test the boundaries of what's allowed & what's trusted. What other definition of 'hacking' do you use?
- Bjartr 6y agoUnless you are committing fraud, like falsely trying to claim it has a value other than what it actually does, defacing currency isn't illegal. So trying to pass off a penny as being worth 5 cents today by filing it down would violate that law, but if they really were worth 5 cents, it would be fine.
- SamBam 6y agoI assume they would be redeemable at banks for nickels.
- gojomo 6y agoAnd payable to any establishment that accepted traditional nickels as well.