I'm sorry if it has been asked before. I saw an episode of "Pawn Stars". I normally don't watch such things, but in that episode a coin of Caligula appeared, so I watched it. One of the owner, who is bald, said that in USA it is not illegal to make false coins of Roman Empire, because the Roman Empire doesn't exist anymroe, and thus it is not illegal. It is illegal to make fake Dollars, because USA exists. But not Roman Empire. I was surprised to hear that. Is it correct? And how about in Europe?
That sounds wonderful. After all he was perhaps not a crook. ;-) If others know how it is in Europe, then I would like to know.
Rembrandt doesn't exist anymore. Try passing off a fake one of those, see where that goes. It's illegal to pass them off as genuine in commerce everywhere in the world except in Poughkeepsie unless you get caught in which case it's even illegal there too.
It's probably not illegal in counterfeiting sense, but illegal in the fraud sense. Fake US (or other current country) coins can potentially be used to purchase items, which would be counterfeit. Fake historical coins can potentially be passed off as genuine, and defraud buyers. Similar, but different in the eyes of the law. The Secret Service will investigate claims of counterfeit money, but are not responsible for investigating fraudulent, historical coins.
