So I've always wondered, since its illegal to melt down or deface these coins, how can all these little machines that smash pennies into shapes or with imprints be licensed by the state? The ones I'm talking about are the ones you pay a quarter to smash the penny, they have one at the OKC Western Heritage museum, the zoo...places like that.
I wondered too. I have wasted 8 quarters and pennies on those machines.