Go to her facebook page, and check out the "jewelry" that she's shooting and making to raise money to buy a Walter LG300 rifle:
http://www.facebook.com/TiaImel
THAT's the type of ingenuity and work ethic that will get her places!
I threw in a bit extra, and I wanted the "raw" quarter ... not deburred and polished
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Yes it is ok to shoot quarters - Same as press penny machine
A letter from the US Mint about Turning Coins into souvenirs. Yes, it is ok!
“As you are already aware, a federal statute in the criminal code of the United States (18 U.S.C. 331), indeed makes it illegal if one "fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales or lightens" any U.S. coin. However, being a criminal statute, a fraudulent intent is required for violation. Thus, the mere act of compressing coins into souvenirs is not illegal, without other factors being present.
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. 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.
Sincerely,Kenneth B. Gubin, Counsel to the Mint
“As you are already aware, a federal statute in the criminal code of the United States (18 U.S.C. 331), indeed makes it illegal if one "fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales or lightens" any U.S. coin. However, being a criminal statute, a fraudulent intent is required for violation. Thus, the mere act of compressing coins into souvenirs is not illegal, without other factors being present.
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. 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.
Sincerely,Kenneth B. Gubin, Counsel to the Mint