• @IzzyScissor@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Those were alteady technically illegal because defacing money (even a penny) is a felony. Edit: see below comment

      A bunch of them have already swapped out to use penny-sized metal blanks instead.

        • @IzzyScissor@lemmy.world
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          41 month ago

          Oh, interesting, you’re correct. I didn’t realize ‘intent to fraud’ was one of the requirements for it to be a felony. I saw one of the machines that uses the metal slugs and assumed they were all switching over because of that.