Pytanie: Is it really legal to counterfeit nickels and pennies?

( Wstecz )

Answer #1:

Yes it is illegal but probably not profitable now although it used to be.

Answer #2:

Too bad you didn't read far enough in the Cornell University site you mention. This is the section of the United States Code that refers to counterfeit pennies and nickels:

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TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 25 > § 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."

The difference is in the penalty -- three years vs fifteen years.





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