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"Alpha" counterfeit of High-Relief Saint-Gaudens twenty-dollar
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"Alpha" counterfeit of High-Relief Saint-Gaudens twenty-dollar
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Article 1. The High Contracting Parties recognise the rules laid down in Part I of this Convention as the most effective means in present circumstances of ensuring the prevention and punishment of the offence of counterfeiting currency. Article 2. In the present Convention, the word "currency" is understood to mean paper money (including banknotes) and metallic money, the circulation of which is legally authorised. Article 3. The following should be punishable as ordinary crimes: (1) Any fraudulent making or altering of currency, whatever means are employed; (2) The fraudulent uttering of counterfeit currency; (3) The introduction into a country of or the receiving or obtaining counterfeit currency with a view to uttering the same and with knowledge that it is counterfeit; (4) Attempts to commit, and any intentional participation in, the foregoing acts; (5) The fraudulent making, receiving or obtaining of instruments or other articles peculiarly adapted for the counterfeiting or altering of currency. (Unless, of course, you mean no harm and you're having fun.) |
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