You have to laugh...
at everyone moaning about this. Bet they would be the sort of people who berated the TV when it first came out for being bulky and only in black and white.
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According to the little brass plate attached to the last coin smashing machine I saw, the Coinage Offences act of 1936 was the piece of legislation which prohibited, amongst other things, the defacing of any current coin. This was repealed in its entirety by the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act of 1981.
You earned your money, do what you want with it!