Defacing coins of the realm

**BertRoot** · 27th November 2006

I always thought this was highly illegal but here I found these on a popular walk through Witch Wood in Lytham this morning.

**Deadly** · 27th November 2006

Strange lol interesting photos though, i like the first one, pretty weird.

I guess someone with a grudge against money had alot of spare time on their hands lol

**GTI** · 27th November 2006

Originally Posted by BertRoot

I always thought this was highly illegal but here I found these on a popular walk through Witch Wood in Lytham this morning

Oh my God

. This is a well known Satanic symbol used to denote the ritual sacrifice of a virgin.

Here are the remains of one victim found buried close to a similar tree stump in Essex.

Spoiler:

**Lighty** · 27th November 2006

Hate to piss on your chips but........
Banging a bit of copper into a tree sump will cause elctrolytic corrosion to seep through the trees core thus preventing the tree from growing again, another popular way to do it is with batteries the acid does the same.

**{{909}}** · 27th November 2006

i doubt the tree will be growing in any case lightly, it looks like a log stood on the ground. but, nice facts mr boffin.

**BertRoot** · 27th November 2006

It was just a log. I thought this was illegal though and constituted an act of treason. I assumed it to be Lytham councils piss poor attempt at an art installation. Only cost them about 30p looking at the coins used.

**diablos** · 27th November 2006

maybe its a moneytree.

**Fresh** · 27th November 2006

Originally Posted by diablos

maybe its a moneytree.

A BENT moneytree

**diablos** · 27th November 2006

Originally Posted by Fresh

A BENT moneytree

We can have that as a thread title..

Bent money tree catches dutch elm disease..

**{{909}}** · 27th November 2006

Originally Posted by BertRoot

It was just a log. I thought this was illegal though and constituted an act of treason. I assumed it to be Lytham councils piss poor attempt at an art installation. Only cost them about 30p looking at the coins used.

yup it is illegal, at school we used to sit scratching coins on a wall to remove the face and a teacher came up to us and told us all about it.

**nok1** · 27th November 2006

i`ve seen alot of these. some really big trees just full of copper. there are some at Ingleton waterfall.
someone told me the meaning but i can`t remember LOL

**lloydi** · 18th December 2006

maybe its chocolate money that just melted

mmm chocolate money!!

**Legal Eagle** · 19th December 2006

Hey

The answer is NO and YES, I'll explain.

If there is no 'malicious intent', then it is not Illegal. If there is 'malicious intent', then it is illegal.

That makes it as clear as a defaced coin......malicious intent not intended...

Regards

Legal Eagle