I love to make coins that look like real ones, such as dimes and quarters. I make the coins out of metal, I DO NOT USE REAL U.S. COINS IN THE PROCESS. It's an art. I enjoy it very much. I display my coins for sale during festivals in my area. It's quite profitable actually. Some of my clients even buy thousands of dollars worth of my coins! Anyway, my friend thinks they are using my coins as cointerfeit money and putting them in coinstars and vending machines. She tried it once to see if it would work and it did (don't go crazy she only used a nickel & didn't take a thing). Selling these coins is my job, so would I go to jail if they caught one of my clients putting my coins in a coinstar machine? keep in mind I DO NOT USE U.S. COINS....Thanks!
2006-08-01 10:56:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oh my coins don't look real at all.... and i don't see how i could go to jail....
2006-08-01 11:05:02 · update #1
and I don't use any type of foreign coin
2006-08-01 11:07:06 · update #2
I agree with first answer. E-mail the Treasury dept and tell them whats up. They could possibly tell you to change coin somehow to make them not work in machines. Different size, weight something. But they could come and arrest you also.
2006-08-01 11:08:12 · answer #1 · answered by Sean 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you aren't using US coins and you aren't COPYING US coins, you're fine.
There's no law against making artwork that is the same size and shape of a US coin.
Now if you're making them look exactly like US coins, two things: 1) you're very talented 2) this is probably illegal.
And a comment on another answer up there: I would totally buy a purple coin.
2006-08-01 18:04:59 · answer #2 · answered by Peter B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you make a coin that looks like the real one... then it is counterfeiting...
you must be selling them really cheap if people are using them in coinstar machines!...
I know of a man that makes paper money... it looks real... but is totally different from the real money... and he sells it as artwork... or in bartering... asking the store clerk if they will accept it as payment for the items being purchased... plus give some money back... he has never been arrested... the people in the store usually put it in a frame and display it... they are really beautifully done.. in many colors.
2006-08-01 18:08:48 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
personally, i wouldn't take the chance by making them look like real ones, but instead try making them on a color that everyone knows isn't real, like purple or green
hope it works out!
2006-08-01 18:03:05 · answer #4 · answered by Jesus Freak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep!
You tread on very dangerous ground.
Visit any FBI office and ask them if its OK if you do the above..........................then DUCK!
Because of reciprocal laws it is illegal to use coins from MANY Countries.
2006-08-01 18:04:46 · answer #5 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were you, I wouldn't be posting this question on Yahoo...I'd be calling the US Treasury and asking them!
2006-08-01 18:00:32 · answer #6 · answered by christian_lady_2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dude i saw your previous question..you must be real bored.
2006-08-01 18:01:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you would go to jail.
why even ask? you know the answer.
2006-08-01 18:03:37 · answer #8 · answered by smithelliott 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋