18 U.S.C. § 490
Minor coins
Whoever falsely makes, forges, or counterfeits any coin in the resemblance or similitude of any of the one-cent and 5-cent coins minted at the mints of the United States; or
Whoever passes, utters, publishes, or sells, or brings into the United States, or possesses any such false, forged, or counterfeited coin, with intent to defraud any person, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1972–1997 · leading case: United States v. Cowan, 116 F.3d 1360 (10th Cir. 1997).
United States v. Cowan, 116 F.3d 1360 (10th Cir. 1997). “§ 485 (prohibiting forgery of coins or bars in denominations greater than five’ cents); 18 U.S.C. § 490 (prohibiting forgery of one and five cent coins); 18 U.”
United States v. Mort Christopher Goodman, 457 F.2d 68 (9th Cir. 1972). “The use of the words “in resemblance and similitude of general copper coins which have been coined in the Mints of the United States, namely, one cent coins” is sufficient to charge the element of counterfeiting in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 490 . Affirmed.”
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