Journal johndiii's Journal: Eur'oh! 6
An interesting version of the Euro coin has turned up in Spain. I think that this would be illegal in the US as defacing currency, but it's probably not illegal to spend it. It appears to have started life as a standard Euro coin, so it would not be counterfeit. Of course, even if made from scratch, it might not be counterfeit - like the $200 bill that turned up a while ago bearing the image of George W. Bush.
Of course, it does raise another interesting question - whose face would you like to see on a coin?
Face on a coin (Score:1)
Mick Jagger. With the tongue hanging out and everything.
Well... (Score:2)
Not on money... (Score:2)
http://www.prankplace.com/bushtoiletpaper.htm [prankplace.com]
ron paul obviously (Score:2)
And the liberty dollar folks already did it, then got their warehouses raided by the feds and all their silver and silver backed notes confiscated. The Fed don't like competition in the form of real money as opposed to their scam conjob money.
Oh wow...mystery solved? (Score:1)
I was reading RM6f9's reply (to this post) and followed the link to the prankplace website [http://www.prankplace.com/statequarters.htm]
It has all these quarters that have been "reworked" with all kinds of images. As I stared dumbstruck at all these quarters (selling for about $6-7 each) and the sheer volume of them, I couldn't help but wonder who the actual "artists" really were, if it was done by hand or using some stamping machine, and if this "Euro" was made by the same little operation.
Before that, I'
Defacing (Score:2)
Is it illegal to deface US coins though? The legalese notices that are attached to those penny squishing machines you see in malls say it's not illegal to do so, as long as it's not done with the intent to defraud.