18 U.S.C. § 487
Making or possessing counterfeit dies for coins
Whoever, without lawful authority, makes any die, hub, or mold, or any part thereof, either of steel or plaster, or any other substance, in likeness or similitude, as to the design or the inscription thereon, of any die, hub, or mold designated for the coining or making of any of the genuine gold, silver, nickel, bronze, copper, or other coins coined at the mints of the United States; or
Whoever, without lawful authority, possesses any such die, hub, or mold, or any part thereof, or permits the same to be used for or in aid of the counterfeiting of any such coins of the United States—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1961–1972 · leading case: United States v. Fordyce
United States v. Fordyce (1961)
“Just as the counterfeit statute punishes as distinct offenses the making of a mold for counterfeiting coins and the possession of such mold ( 18 U.S.C.A. § 487 ; Power v. Squier, 9 Cir.”
Dale De Roche v. United States (1964)
“§ 485 ] and Count III, possessing a counterfeiting mold and die [ 18 U.S.C. § 487 ], His first point is that the district court erred by refusing to grant a continuance; he claims he was thereby denied adequate time to prepare for trial, thus depriving him of his constitutional…”
United States of America, Theodore J. Linn (1972)
“Appellant was convicted of violating Title 18 U.S.C. § 487 , the unlawful possession of certain coin molds representing United States coins.”
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