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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 749427, member: 11668&quot;]You must surrender counterfeit money to the authorities <i>upon request</i>--there&#039;s no affirmative obligation to take it directly to the nearest police station.&nbsp; The law is written this way so that the police will have discretion to allow certain people to hold some counterfeits--e.g. a store manager who wants to use them to train employees.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Coin World did an article some years ago on the legalities of collecting counterfeits, and after a long analysis their conclusion was that (a) it&#039;s legal, but (b) if the authorities ask you to turn in your collection and you refuse, it becomes illegal.&nbsp; So you&#039;re taking a real chance if you invest more than a trivial amount in such a collection....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Of course, you&#039;re also taking the chance that a court might not *believe* you were only collecting the notes and not intending to pass them.&nbsp; As with any crime defined by intent, it&#039;s not your actual intent that really matters, but the judge&#039;s perception of it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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