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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 777886, member: 66"]I think it probably is real, I don't think it is actually a mold, I think it is a pair of dies. (No place to pour the metal in. But you could put premade blanks in it, then the pins and holes hold it together and keep it from moving while you smack it with a sledgehammer.) And no it is not legal own. There is always some question about the legality of owning or holding counterfeit coins, but the law on counterfeit dies or mold is specific. Even the mere possession of them is illegal. See the second and third paragraphs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Title 18 Chapter 25 Sec 487</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Whoever, without lawful authority, makes any die, hub, or mold, or any part thereof, either of steel or plaster, or any other substance, in likeness or similitude, as to the design or the inscription thereon, of any die, hub, or mold designated for the coining or making of any of the genuine gold, silver, nickel, bronze, copper, or other coins coined at the mints of the United States; or</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Whoever, without lawful authority, possesses any such die, hub, or mold, or any part thereof, or permits the same to be used for or in aid of the counterfeiting of any such coins of the United States—</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>My 1990 listing of the law specified the fine at $5,000. The current version leaves the amount of the fine open. But would I have bought it if I could? Yep.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 777886, member: 66"]I think it probably is real, I don't think it is actually a mold, I think it is a pair of dies. (No place to pour the metal in. But you could put premade blanks in it, then the pins and holes hold it together and keep it from moving while you smack it with a sledgehammer.) And no it is not legal own. There is always some question about the legality of owning or holding counterfeit coins, but the law on counterfeit dies or mold is specific. Even the mere possession of them is illegal. See the second and third paragraphs. Title 18 Chapter 25 Sec 487 [b]Whoever, without lawful authority, makes any die, hub, or mold, or any part thereof, either of steel or plaster, or any other substance, in likeness or similitude, as to the design or the inscription thereon, of any die, hub, or mold designated for the coining or making of any of the genuine gold, silver, nickel, bronze, copper, or other coins coined at the mints of the United States; or Whoever, without lawful authority, possesses any such die, hub, or mold, or any part thereof, or permits the same to be used for or in aid of the counterfeiting of any such coins of the United States— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both.[/b] My 1990 listing of the law specified the fine at $5,000. The current version leaves the amount of the fine open. But would I have bought it if I could? Yep.[/QUOTE]
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