§ 488. — Making or possessing counterfeit dies for foreign coins.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC488]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 25--COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY
Sec. 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.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 709; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII,
Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 284 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 170, 35 Stat. 1120).
Reference to persons causing, procuring, aiding or assisting was
omitted as unnecessary as such persons are made principals by section 2
of this title.
Provision for $2,000 fine was increased to $5,000 to conform with
section 481 of this title.
Changes in phraseology were made.
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for
``fined not more than $5,000''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 981, 982 of this title.
