18 U.S.C. § 486 Uttering Coins of Gold, Silver Or Other Metal

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 18 U.S.C. § 486

Whoever, except as authorized by law, makes or utters or passes, or attempts to utter or pass, any coins of gold or silver or other metal, or alloys of metals, intended for use as current money, whether in the resemblance of coins of the United States or of foreign countries, or of original design, shall be fined under this title ¹ or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

¹ See 1994 Amendment note below.

Cite as 18 U.S.C. § 486

Source: June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 709; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel