I don't get it. Its illegal for us to melt down our coinage, however whenever you go to just about any tourist site, they have those penny smashing machines that leave an imprint of something all over Lincoln's face. If its illegal to 'destroy' money, why aren't these machines banned?
I was recently in Philly, I visted the National Constitution Center & they had one of these machines. The ironic thing is that the U.S. Mint is literally right across the street.