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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Coinchemistry 2012, post: 2581398, member: 28107&quot;]Only for uttering offenses, but not for production offenses.&nbsp; To hold otherwise would effectively repeal the counterfeiting statute as every counterfeiter would claim that he or she never intended to defraud anyone by producing counterfeits.&nbsp; The intent element is included in the uttering language to ensure that someone who is unaware of a circulating counterfeit&#039;s falsity is not punished.&nbsp; It is also a statutory codification of 19th century due process case law that read intent into older penal statutes for production and possession of counterfeits to avoid unconstitutional applications.&nbsp; The producer of the piece knows the falsity of the pieces so there are no due process issues, and the modern counterfeiting statute, 18 U.S.C. 485, distinguishes between production and then possession/uttering, adding an intent to defraud element only for the latter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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