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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 704205, member: 57463&quot;]Fretboard, you did the right thing.&nbsp; Not vaguely claiming to have &quot;done some research&quot; you cited USC Title 18 Chapter 17 Secs 331-337 and USC 18 Chapter 25 Secs 471-594 which are available for the world via the Internet at sites like these:</p><p>Cornell University Law School</p><p><a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/" rel="nofollow">http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The U.S. House of Representatives</p><p><a href="http://uscode.house.gov/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://uscode.house.gov/" rel="nofollow">http://uscode.house.gov/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>FindLaw for Professionals</p><p><a href="http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode" rel="nofollow">http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>The Library of Congress</p><p><a href="http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/federal/uscode.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/federal/uscode.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/federal/uscode.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>I see absolutely no reason for people make up baloney analogies to guns or to invent phoney legalistics from too much &quot;Law &amp; Order&quot; television.&nbsp; If you can find CoinTalk, you can find the law as it really is according to the actual government that truly makes and veritably enforces the law as it is.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wrong, Big G.&nbsp; According to the law (cited above) possession of any such materials -- the coins, notes, dies, stones or plates ... any of it -- is CONTRABAND under the law and subject to seizure withouth a warrant.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason that you will not be prosecuted for simple possession is that it is assumed to be innocent possession.&nbsp; Someone passes you a fake coin or fake note, and darn, you just ate a loss.&nbsp; Now you are stuck with it.&nbsp; The fake can be taken from you, but you cannot be punished for having it -- as long as it is merely simple (innocent) possession.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To actually have a COLLECTION of such items would be prima facie evidence of INTENT.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not a lawyer.&nbsp; </p><p>But I do hold a bachelor of science degree (summa cum laude) in criminology.&nbsp; I do not offer opinions.&nbsp; I only cite facts.&nbsp; If you want an opinion, pay a lawyer.</p><p><br /></p><p>---------------------[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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