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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 488. Making or possessing counterfeit dies for foreign coins
Whoever, within the United States, without lawful authority,
makes any die, hub, or mold, or any part thereof, either of steel
or of plaster, or of any other substance, in the likeness or
similitude, as to the design or the inscription thereon, of any
die, hub, or mold designated for the coining of the genuine coin of
any foreign government; or
Whoever, without lawful authority, possesses any such die, hub,
or mold, or any part thereof, or conceals, or knowingly suffers the
same to be used for the counterfeiting of any foreign coin -
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five
years, or both.
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