[urq] NAC, thoughts on copper prices

[Kenneth Keith]

"Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com>
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> ... I don't remember the specifics, but once I heard that in the USA, the penny is not "legal tender" per se.  If you wanted to make a particular statement and went into the utility company to pay your bill with pennies ... they are not obligated to accept them as payment.
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> ... I knew of some kids who took pennies and placed them on the railroad tracks so that they would be flattened by the oncoming train ... not that *I* would do anything like that!  I also remember seeing stamping machines where you insert a penny and 50 cents and they emboss some other pattern on the penny ... you think they'd get in trouble if that were illegal ...
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> Steve B
> San Jos?, CA (USA)
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> > Not that this may be a factor, but isn't it illegal to destroy legal tender?

I seem to recall that those penny squishing machines are legal because
you are allowed to destroy money if it is for artistic purposes.

However, the squished penny museum says that "Squishing pennies is
legal as long as it's done without fraudulent intent. Of course,
squished pennies no longer can be used as currency."

http://www.fmca.com/motorhometravel/spotlight/2004/0204_DC_squishedpenny.asp

=)

Ken