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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 706019, member: 112&quot;]The Secret Service is part of the Treasury Department.</p><p><br /></p><p>And MorganMan, when you asked your question did you specifically ask if it was illegal to own a counterfeit Morgan dollar, or a Seated Liberty quarter ? Or did you just ask if it was legal to own a counterfeit ?</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect you did the latter. And if you did, then of course they assumed that you were asking about coins and currency that is in circulation today. And of course they would tell you that it is illegal to own that. </p><p><br /></p><p>But if you specify that you want to know if it is illegal to own a counterfeit numismatic item - then I think you are going to get a very different answer. I would even say that you could ask if it would be illegal to sell a counterfeit numismatic item as long as you specified that it was a counterfeit - and you would be told no, it isn&#039;t illegal. Precisley because there is no intent to defraud.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course you could also always menton to them the case law on the subject, some of which has been listed in previous posts, where it was found in court, not to be illegal to own counterfeits. About that time I think you&#039;re gonna hear a lot of stuttering.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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