709 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 § 486. UTrERING COINS OF GOLD, SILVER OR OTHER METAL Whoever, except as authorized by law, makes or utters or passes, or attempts to utter or pass, any coins of gold or silver or other metal, or alloys of metals, intended for use as current money, whether in the resemblance of coins of the United States or of foreign countries, or of original design, shall be fined not more than $3,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 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 not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both. § 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 not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 489. MAKING OR POSSESSING LIKENESS OF COINS; PUBLISHER'S ILLUS- TRATIONS EXCEPTED Whoever, within the United States, makes or brings therein from any foreign country, or possesses with intent to sell, give away, or in any other manner uses the same, any business or professional card, notice, placard, token, device, print, or impression, or any other thing whatsoever, in the likeness or similitude as to design, color, or the inscription thereon of any of the coins of the United States or of any foreign country issued as money, either under the authority of the United States or under the authority of any foreign government, shall be fined not more than $100. This section shall not forbid or prevent the printing and publish- ing of illustrations of coins and medals or the making of the necessary plates for the same to be used in illustrating numismatic and historical books and journals and school arithmetics and the circulars of legiti- mate publishers and dealers in the same. § 490. MINOR COINS Whoever falsely makes, forges, or counterfeits any coin in the resem- blance or similitude of any of the minor coins coined 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 not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. § 491. TOKENS USED AS MONEY OR SIMILAR TO COINS (a) Whoever, not lawfully authorized, makes, issues, or passes any coin, card, token, or device in metal, or its compounds, which may be
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