1-year term of imprisonment. (See classification of felony and misdemeanor in section 1 of this title and note thereunder.) § 443. War contracts. Whoever willfully secretes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys (a) any records of a war contractor relating to the negotiation, award, performance, payment, interim financing, cancellation or other termination, or settlement of a war contract of $25,000 or more; or (b) any records of a war contractor or purchaser relating to any disposition of termination inventory in which the consideration received by any war contractor or any government agency is $5,000 or more, before the lapse of (1) five years after such disposition of termination inventory by such war contractor or government agency, or (2) five years after the final settlement of such war contract, or (3) five years after 12 o'clock noon of December 31, 1946, whichever applicable period is longer, shall, if a corporation, be fined not more than $50,000, and, if a natural person, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. The Administrator of General Services, by regulation, may authorize the destruction of such records upon such terms and conditions as he deems appropropriate, including the requirement for the making and retaining of photographs or microphotographs, which shall have the same force and effect as the originals thereof. The definitions of terms in section 103 of Title 41 shall apply to similar terms used in this section. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 705; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 20 (a), 65 Stat. 717.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on section 119, first and second paragraphs, of title 41 U. S. C., 1940 ed., Public Contracts (July 1, 1944, ch. 358, § 19 (a), 58 Stat. 667). Section was rewritten with changes of phraseology to conform to the style adopted in the revision. The definition of "records" was omitted as surplusage in order to avoid any inference that "records" as used in other sections was intended to have a different or more limited connotation than the broad and commonly understood meaning popularly assigned to the term. The last paragraph was added to obviate any possibility of doubt as to meaning of terms defined in section 103 of Title 41, Public Contracts. Reference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of "principal" in section 2 of this title. AMENDMENTS 1951-Act Oct. 31, 1951, inserted "12 o'clock noon of December 31, 1946" in lieu of "the termination of hostilities in the present war as proclaimed by the President or by a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress", and, in the next-to-last paragraph, substituted "Administrator of General Services" in lieu of "Director of Contract settlement". TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS The functions of the Director of Contract Settlement transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury by Ex. Ord. No. 9809, § 8, Dec. 12, 1946, 11 F. R. 14281, and 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 201, eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F. R. 4534, 61 Stat. 951 and to the Administrator of General Services by act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, Title I, § 102 (b), 63 Stat. 380. TERMINATION OF HOSTILITIES The termination of hostilities of World War II, for purpose of determining the period during which records must be preserved under former section 119 of Title 41, was proclaimed at 12 o'clock noon of December 31, 1946, by Proc. No. 2714, 12 F. R. 1, set out as note under section 601 of Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense. CROSS REFERENCES Suspension of limitation of prosecution, see section 3287 of this title. Chapter 25.-COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY Sec. 471. Obligations or securities of United States. 472. Uttering counterfeit obligations or securities. 473. Dealing in counterfeit obligations or securities. 474. Plates or stones for counterfeiting obligations or securities. 475. Imitating obligations or securities; advertisements. 476. Taking impressions of tools used for obligations or securities. 477. Possessing or selling impressions of tools used for obligations or securities. 478. Foreign obligations or securities. 479. Uttering counterfeit foreign obligations or securities. 480. Possessing counterfeit foreign obligations or securities. 481. Plates or stones for counterfeiting foreign obligations or securities. 482. Foreign bank notes. 483. Uttering counterfeit foreign bank notes. 486. Uttering coins of gold, silver or other metal. 489. Making or possessing likeness of coins. 490. Minor coins. 491. Tokens used as money or similar to coins. 492. Forfeiture of counterfeit paraphernalia. 493. Bonds and obligations of certain lending agencies. 494. Contractors' bonds, bids, and public records. 495. Contracts, deeds, and powers of attorney. 496. Customs entry certificates.1 497. Letters patent. 498. Military or naval discharge certificates. 499. Military, naval, or official passes. 500. Money orders. 501. Postage stamps and postal cards. 502. Postage and revenue stamps of foreign governments. 503. Postmarking stamps. 504. Printing stamps for philatelic purposes. 505. Seals of courts; signatures of judges or court officers. 506. Seals of departments or agencies. 507. Ship's papers. 508. Transportation requests of Government. 509. Possessing and making plates or stones for Government transportation requests. AMENDMENTS 1951-Act July 16, 1951, ch. 226, § 5 (c), 65 Stat. 122, amended analysis by striking out of item 489 ; publisher's illustrations excepted". CROSS REFERENCES Certificate, license or document issued to vessels, officers or seamen, counterfeiting or forging, see section 2197 of this title. Claims against the United States, use of counterfeited or forged power of attorney, authority or instrument, see section 1003 of this title. Embezzlement or carrying away tools and materials for counterfeiting, see section 642 of this title. Extradition of fugitives from country under control of United States, see section 3185 of this title. Federal Housing Administration, counterfeiting or forging instruments for purpose of influencing action, see section 1010 of this title. Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, counterfeiting or forging instruments for purpose of influencing action, see section 1008 of this title. Forfeiture of counterfeit paraphernalia, see section 492 of this title. 1 So in original. Catchline reads "Customs Matters". 1 Indian Arts and Crafts Board trade-mark, counterfeiting, see section 1158 of this title. Mail fraud involving counterfeit articles, see section 1341 of this title. Mail keys, counterfeiting or forging, see section 1704 of this title. Naturalization or citizenship papers, counterfeiting or forging, see section 1426 of this title. Passports, counterfeiting or forging, see section 1543 of this title. Postal savings, counterfeiting and forgery laws as applicable, see section 1691 of this title. Sale or receipt of counterfeited or forged securities or tools used in counterfeiting or forging securities, see section 2315 of this title. Transportation of counterfeited or forged securities or tools used in counterfeiting or forging securities, see section 2314 of this title. Visas and permits, counterfeiting or forging, see section 1546 of this title. Weather reports, issuing counterfeit weather forecast or warning, see section 2074 of this title. § 471. Obligations or securities of United States. Whoever, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, forges, counterfeits, or alters any obligation or other security of the United States, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 705.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 262 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 148, 35 Stat. 1115). Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. (See reviser's note under section 201 of this title.) Changes in phraseology were made. CROSS REFERENCES Obligation or other security of the United States defined, see section 8 of this title. § 472. Uttering counterfeit obligations or securities. Whoever, with intent to defraud, passes, utters, publishes, or sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or with like intent brings into the United States or keeps in possession or conceals any falsely made, forged, counterfeited, or altered obligation or other security of the United States, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 705.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 265 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 151, 35 Stat. 1116). Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. (See reviser's note under section 201 of this title.) Changes in phraseology were made. CANAL ZONE Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title. CROSS REFERENCES Obligation or other security of the United States defined, see section 8 of this title. § 473. Dealing in counterfeit obligations or securities. Whoever buys, sells, exchanges, transfers, receives, or delivers any false, forged, counterfeited, or altered obligation or other security of the United States, with the intent that the same be passed, published, or used as true and genuine, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 705.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 268 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 154, 35 Stat. 1117). Reference to circulating notes of banking associations was omitted as covered by definition of obligation or other security in section 8 of this title. Changes in phraseology were made. § 474. Plates or stones for counterfeiting obligations or securities. Whoever, having control, custody, or possession of any plate, stone, or other thing, or any part thereof, from which has been printed, or which may be prepared by direction of the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of printing, any obligation or other security of the United States, uses such plate, stone, or other thing, or any part thereof, or knowingly suffers the same to be used for the purpose of printing any such or similar obligation or other security, or any part thereof, except as may be printed for the use of the United States by order of the proper officer thereof; or Whoever makes or executes any plate, stone, or other thing in the likeness of any plate designated for the printing of such obligation or other security; or Whoever sells any such plate, stone, or other thing, or brings into the United States any such plate, stone, or other thing, except under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer, or with any other intent, in either case, than that such plate, stone, or other thing be used for the printing of the obligations or other securities of the United States; or Whoever has in his control, custody, or possession any plate, stone, or other thing in any manner made after or in the similitude of any plate, stone, or other thing, from which any such obligation or other security has been printed, with intent to use such plate, stone, or other thing, or to suffer the same to be used in forging or counterfeiting any such obligation or other security, or any part thereof; or Whoever has in his possession or custody, except under authority from the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer, any obligation or other security made or executed, in whole or in part, after the similitude of any obligation or other security issued under the authority of the United States, with intent to sell or otherwise use the same; or Whoever prints, photographs, or in any other manner makes or executes any engraving, photograph, print, or impression in the likeness of any such obligation or other security, or any part thereof, or sells any such engraving, photograph, print, or impression, except to the United States, or brings into the United States, any such engraving, photograph, print, or impression, except by direction of some proper officer of the United States; or Whoever has or retains in his control or possession, after a distinctive paper has been adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury for the obligations and other securities of the United States, any similar paper adapted to the making of any such obligation or other security, except under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury or some other proper officer of the United States Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 706.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 264 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 150, 35 Stat. 1116). References to persons causing, procuring, assisting or aiding were omitted as unnecessary as such persons are made principals by section 2 of this title. Changes in phraseology were made. CANAL ZONE Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title. CROSS REFERENCES Philatelic reproductions permitted, see section 504 of this title. § 475. Imitating obligations or securities; advertisements. Whoever designs, engraves, prints, makes, or executes, or utters, issues, distributes, circulates, or uses any business or professional card, notice, placard, circular, handbill, or advertisement in the likeness or similitude of any obligation or security of the United States issued under or authorized by any Act of Congress or writes, prints, or otherwise impresses upon or attaches to any such instrument, obligation, or security, or any coin of the United States, any business or professional card, notice, or advertisement, or any notice or advertisement whatever, shall be fined not more than $500. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 706; July 16, 1951, ch. 226, § 2, 65 Stat. 122.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 292 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 177, 35 Stat. 1122). Enumeration of obligations of the United States was omitted in view of definition in section 8 of this title. Changes in phraseology were made. AMENDMENTS 1951-Act July 16, 1951, amended section to prohibit the use of notices or advertising prints or labels on United States coins. § 476. Taking impressions of tools used for obligations or securities. Whoever, without authority from the United States, takes, procures, or makes an impression, stamp, or imprint of, from or by the use of any tool, implement, instrument, or thing used or fitted or intended to be used in printing, stamping, or impressing, or in making other tools, implements, instruments, or things to be used or fitted or intended to be used in printing, stamping, or impressing any obligation or other security of the United States, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 707.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 266 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 152, 35 Stat. 1117). Enumeration of substances on which impressions could be made and enumeration of various kinds of tools to be used were omitted as unnecessary. Reference to circulating note or evidence of debt was omitted in view of definition of obligations and securities in section 8 of this title. Changes in phraseology were also made. § 477. Possessing or selling impressions of tools used for obligations or securities. Whoever, with intent to defraud, possesses, keeps, safeguards, or controls, without authority from the United States, any imprint, stamp, or impression, taken or made upon any substance or material whatsoever, of any tool, implement, instrument or thing, used, fitted or intended to be used, for any of the purposes mentioned in section 476 of this title; or Whoever, with intent to defraud, sells, gives, or delivers any such imprint, stamp, or impression to any other person Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 707.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 267 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 153, 35 Stat. 1117). Changes in phraseology were made. § 478. Foreign obligations or securities. Whoever, within the United States, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any bond, certificate, obligation, or other security of any foreign government, purporting to be or in imitation of any such security issued under the authority of such foreign government, or any treasury note, bill, or promise to pay, lawfully issued by such foreign government and intended to circulate as money, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 707.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 270 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 156, 35 Stat. 1117). Reference to persons causing, procuring, aiding or assisting was omitted as unnecessary as such persons are made principals by section 2 of this title. Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. (See reviser's note under section 201 of this title.) Changes were also made in phraseology. CANAL ZONE Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title. CROSS REFERENCES Foreign government defined, see section 11 of this title. § 479. Uttering counterfeit foreign obligations or securities. Whoever, within the United States, knowingly and with intent to defraud, utters, passes, or puts off, in payment or negotiation, any false, forged, or counterfeited bond, certificate, obligation, security, treasury note, bill, or promise to pay, mentioned in section 478 of this title, whether or not the same was made, altered, forged, or counterfeited within the United States, shall be fined not more than $3,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 707.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 271 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 157, 35 Stat. 1118). Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. (See reviser's note under section 201 of this title.) Changes were made in phraseology. CANAL ZONE Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title. § 480. Possessing counterfeit foreign obligations or securities. Whoever, within the United States, knowingly and with intent to defraud, possesses or delivers any false, forged, or counterfeit bond, certificate, obligation, security, treasury note, bill, promise to pay, bank note, or bill issued by a bank or corporation of any foreign country, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 707.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 274 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 160, 35 Stat. 1118). Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. (See reviser's note under section 201 of this title.) Changes were also made in phraseology. CANAL ZONE Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title. §481. Plates or stones for counterfeiting foreign obligations or securities. Whoever, within the United States except by lawful authority, controls, holds, or possesses any plate, stone, or other thing, or any part thereof, from which has been printed or may be printed any counterfeit note, bond, obligation, or other security, in whole or in part, of any foreign government, bank, or corporation, or uses such plate, stone, or other thing, or knowingly permits or suffers the same to be used in counterfeiting such foreign obligations, or any part thereof; or Whoever, except by lawful authority, makes or engraves any plate, stone, or other thing in the likeness or similitude of any plate, stone, or other thing designated for the printing of the genuine issues of the obligations of any foreign government, bank, or corporation; or Whoever, except by lawful authority, prints, photographs, or makes, executes, or sells any engraving, photograph, print, or impression in the likeness of any genuine note, bond, obligation, or other security, or any part thereof, of any foreign government, bank, or corporation; or Whoever brings into the United States any counterfeit plate, stone, or other thing, engraving, photograph, print, or other impressions of the notes, bonds, obligations, or other securities of any foreign government, bank, or corporation Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 708.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., 275 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 161, 35 Stat. 1118). References to persons causing, procuring, assisting or aiding were omitted as unnecessary as such persons are made principals by section 2 of this title. Changes in phraseology were made. CANAL ZONE Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title. CROSS REFERENCES Philatelic reproductions permitted, see section 504 of this title. § 482. Foreign bank notes. Whoever, within the United States, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any bank note or bill issued by a bank or corporation of any foreign country, and intended by the law or usage of such foreign country to circulate as money, such bank or corporation being authorized by the laws of such country, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 708.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 272 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 158, 35 Stat. 1118). Reference to persons causing, procuring, aiding and assisting was omitted as unnecessary as such persons are made principals by section 2 of this title. Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. (See reviser's note under section 201 of this title.) Changes were made in phraseology. CANAL ZONE Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title. § 483. Uttering counterfeit foreign bank notes. Whoever, within the United States, utters, passes, puts off, or tenders in payment, with intent to defraud, any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited bank note or bill, mentioned in section 482 of this title, knowing the same to be so false, forged, altered, and counterfeited, whether or not the same was made, forged, altered, or counterfeited within the United States, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 708.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 273 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 159, 35 Stat. 1118). Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. (See reviser's note under section 201 of this title.) Changes were made in phraseology. CANAL ZONE Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title. § 484. Connecting parts of different notes. Whoever so places or connects together different parts of two or more notes, bills, or other genuine instruments issued under the authority of the United States, or by any foreign government, or corporation, as to produce one instrument, with intent to defraud, shall be guilty of forgery in the same manner as if the parts so put together were falsely made or forged, and shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 708.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 276 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 162, 35 Stat. 1119). Minor changes in phraseology were made. § 485. Gold or silver coins or bars. Whoever falsely makes, forges, or counterfeits any coin or bars in resemblance or similitude of the gold or silver coins or bars coined or stamped at the mints and assay offices of the United States, or in resemblance or similitude of any foreign gold or silver coin current in the United States, or are in actual use and circulation as money within the United States; or Whoever passes, utters, publishes or sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or bring into the United States, from any foreign place, knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeit, with intent to defraud any body politic or corporate, or any person, or possesses any such false, forged, or counterfeited coin or bars, knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeited, with intent to defraud any body politic or corporate, or any person Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 708.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 277 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 163, 35 Stat. 1119). Reference to persons causing, procuring, aiding or assisting was omitted as unnecessary as such persons are made principals by section 2 of this title. Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. (See reviser's note under section 201 of this title.) The provision for imprisonment for 10 years was changed to 15 years to conform to sections 471 and 472 of this title. Changes were made in phraseology. CANAL ZONE Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title. CROSS REFERENCES Coins and currency generally, see sections 331-336 of this title and chapters 7 and 8 of Title 31, Money and Finance. § 486. Uttering 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. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 709.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 281 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 167, 35 Stat. 1120). Reference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of "principal" in section 2 of this title. Changes were made in phraseology. § 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 per mits 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. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 709.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 283 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 169, 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. Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. (See reviser's note under section 201 of this title.) The provision for imprisonment for 10 years was changed to 15 years to conform to section 471 of this title. Changes in phraseology were made. § 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. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 709.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 284 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 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. CANAL ZONE Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title. § 489. Making or possessing likeness of coins. 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, except under authority of the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer of the United States, any token, disk, or device 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. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 709; July 16, 1951, ch. 226, § 3, 65 Stat. 122.) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed., § 285 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 171, 35 Stat. 1121; Feb. 15, 1912, ch. 38, 37 Stat. 64). Reference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of "principal" in section 2 of this title. |