Flat washers

[Lab Lover]

You are still incorrect, there is no crime in shredding money unless you then attempt commit some kind of fraud with the shredded currency.

[clare]

Knew a kid got caught on a trestle with the train coming did the same thing - just lay down between the tracks and held on..

[DerbyDad03]

Just curious...not arguing.

How does your assertion that "there is no US code against the destruction of currency" stand up against Title 18 Section 333, which doesn't include the word "fraudulent"?

"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. The United States Secret Service web address is

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[DerbyDad03]

Yeah, noticed that. I was being patient.

Still not sure if the word "intent" makes a difference. Perhaps it would be legal to ?burn a million dollars to ash" since, while the action may indeed make the currency unfit to be reissued, perhaps that wasn't the burner's "intent". Maybe he just intended to heat his home and in the meantime just happened to make the currency unfit.