DESCRIPTION: ' Encyclopedia of the Modern Elongated ' by Angelo A. – binding is tight and everything looks great – clean pages. DUST JACKET: Yes BOOK CONDITION: Previously owned and in very good condition. Approximate size is slightly over 8 1/2" x 11". PUBLISHER: Angros Publishers DATE/EDITION: 1990 BINDING: Hardbound. PLUS – A SUPPLEMENT IS INCLUDED : Original vintage copyright 1961 "Elongated Rolled-Out-Cents Illustrated Check List Volume I. Rosato Free Economy Shipping Anywhere in the USA! You are invited to bid on Encyclopedia of the Modern Elongated by Angelo A. If we can be of any further assistance, please contact us.Encyclopediaof the Modern Elongated – 1 st Edition By Angelo A. We hope this information answers your question. Your are not impressing or attaching a business or professional card, notice or advertisement to a coin, your are simply making an impression on the coin.
Section 475, which you refer to in your letter, regarding the attachment of notice or advertisement to legal tender, does not apply to your souvenirs in this case. Thus, the mere act of compressing coins into souvenirs is not illegal, without other factors being present. However, being a criminal statute, a fraudulent intent is required for violation. 331), indeed makes it illegal if one "fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales or lightens" any U.S.
sections 331 and 475.Īs you are already aware, a federal statute in the criminal code of the United States (18 U.S.C. You refer to and question the legality of a souvenir machine which compresses coins and returns a souvenir. "This is in reply to your letter of Jun 20, 1980, concerning United States statutes governing the destruction, melting, or other extramonetary uses of United States coins. Vance Fowler in his book "Encyclopedia of the Modern Elongated", (ISBN 0-962) The letter was dated July 22, 1980, letterhead: The Department of the Treasury, Office of the Director of the Mint, and is probably the source of many quotes collectors have seen over the years. Angelo Rosato reproduced this letter from the Department of the Treasury to Mr. Is it legal to press pennies or other coins?
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