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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 38254, member: 39&quot;]Since you mentioned the regulations in Germany, there is a difference between &quot;historic counterfeits&quot; (those made before 1850) and newer ones in German law. See §11 Münzgesetz - link below - for details.</p><p><br /></p><p>In other words, you may sell, buy and own such classic counterfeit coins. This regulation takes into account that products such as the Becker pieces are highly sought after by collectors. (In the early 19c, Carl W. Becker made excellent copies of mostly ancient pieces, and also created a few phantasy coins.) Selling/offering/buying other counterfeits that are not legal tender is unlawful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Counterfeiting coins that are not legal tender is AFAIK a &quot;simple&quot; breach of the law (de: Ordnungswidrigkeit) which usually incurs a fine. If you counterfeit legal tender, however, that is a criminal offense (de: Straftat), and you may well end up in jail.</p><p><br /></p><p>Euro coins and notes are &quot;protected&quot; by various EU regulations and directives as well as by member state law. This is the EU (Council) Regulation 1338/2001 in German:</p><p><a href="http://www.eu-kommission.de/pdf/dokumente/Eurof%C3%A4lschung.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.eu-kommission.de/pdf/dokumente/Eurof%C3%A4lschung.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.eu-kommission.de/pdf/dokumente/Eurofälschung.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the German &quot;Münzgesetz&quot; (Coins Act):</p><p><a href="http://www.bwpv.de/dokumente/muenzgesetz_52f2a23c06e04eef8e3.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bwpv.de/dokumente/muenzgesetz_52f2a23c06e04eef8e3.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.bwpv.de/dokumente/muenzgesetz_52f2a23c06e04eef8e3.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Copies of coins that are not legal tender any more can be made and sold provided they are designed as copies (&quot;als Nachahmungen gestaltet&quot;). The MünzG itself does not specify what the latter means, but the BWPV (Federal Securities Administration) as the monitoring authority has a list of specifications here:</p><p><a href="http://www.bwpv.de/dokumente/hinweise_muenzgesetz_c225d91700ecd53945f.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bwpv.de/dokumente/hinweise_muenzgesetz_c225d91700ecd53945f.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.bwpv.de/dokumente/hinweise_muenzgesetz_c225d91700ecd53945f.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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