Quote Originally Posted by David Merrill View Post
About 12 years ago a woman insisted on paying me with a $75 check. She said her accountant told her so. We had agreed on cash. I never cashed it. People pay me cash. I like to mark it with my stamp though:


although i just registered and this is my first post, i have been reading on this forum for many months and trying to wrap my head around all the hoops i will have to jump through to stop "playing the game" that we have been led into playing.

my question is, how can one lawfully stamp on FRNs?

the bureau of engraving and printing states:

"Defacement of Currency

Defacement of currency is a violation of Title 18, Section 333 of the United States Code. Under this provision, currency defacement is generally defined as follows: Whoever mutilates, cuts, disfigures, perforates, unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, Federal Reserve Bank, or Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

Defacement of currency in such a way that it is made unfit for circulation comes under the jurisdiction of the United States Secret Service."

source: http://www.bep.treas.gov/historicallegislation.html