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Is this Legal ?

In one of Patrick's Q&A about this trick he mentioned how we only need half of the bill to perform this trick.This means that we have to cut up and bill and doesn't this go against the Law in the America or other countries ?

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Asked at 06:42am on October 27th, 2014 by win2397 (3 karma)
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Technically...no. Not legal. But I seriously doubt anyone would bother prosecuting a single person defacing a couple of bills. The law is there to stop people from destroying currency to a point that it could affect the value of that currency of the market. Magicians have been quite openly tampering with currency for decades and i have never heard of anyone getting any trouble for it. On this site you can buy gimmick/gaffed coins and bills that have been cut, drilled, bent, etc. and I doubt penguin has got into any trouble for it.

Reference:
United States Code
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 17 - COINS AND CURRENCY
§ 333. Mutilation of national bank obligations

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Answered at 01:34am on October 28th, 2014 by yeatmar (3 karma)
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I've been cutting up and altering bills for ten years. I have not had any legal issues. I have also traded in bills that have been cut in for newer bills. It's not technically legal but not a main priority for prosecutions.

However altering bills in a different country such as Thailand could lead you into some trouble.

Every country is different in regards to their money.

~Nick

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Answered at 08:35pm on November 4th, 2014 by NickB23 (4 karma)
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No it is not legal in america, as long as your not doing anything to gain profit out of it.

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Answered at 07:00am on October 27th, 2014 by kisela (77 karma)
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