View attachment 939460 Ok maybe not the best knife... no I haven’t used it... kinda seems odd but this was a gift from my brother and I am told it’s a limited edition desert cruiser for operation Iraqi freedom certified.... as printed on blade, sent it to CRKT. As was told it’s the cleanest one they’ve seen come in for them to verify as real. I still have the original box and papers too.
He got it for me but forgot I was in desert shield/ storm.
As for the coin it’s dirty as sin from getting around in my pockets for years.., it’s a cut coin... all the background is gone.. most of the letter are caked in with dirt, lint, sweat etc... god knows what else
So for those who’d like to know:
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Section 331 of Title 18 of the United States code provides criminal penalties for anyone who “fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the Mints of the United States.” This statute means that you may be violating the law if you change the appearance of the coin and fraudulently represent it to be other than the altered coin that it is. As a matter of policy, the U.S. Mint does not promote coloring, plating or altering U.S. coinage: however, there are no sanctions against such activity absent fraudulent intent.
Basically you can deface and whatever as long as you’re not trying to make a penny into a dime to use as a dime... or make another type of coin into something that would used as a different denomination
Ok maybe not the best knife... no I haven’t used it... kinda seems odd but this was a gift from my brother and I am told it’s a limited edition desert cruiser for operation Iraqi freedom certified.... as printed on blade, sent it to CRKT. As was told it’s the cleanest one they’ve seen come in for them to verify as real. I still have the original box and papers too.
