2009 Vermont Code
Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 43 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (Contains: §§ 1801 – 1815)
§ 1809 - Counterfeiting coin
§ 1809. Counterfeiting coin
A person who counterfeits gold or silver coin, current by law or usage in this state, or utters, passes or gives in payment such counterfeit gold or silver coin, knowing the same to be false and counterfeit, with intent to injure or defraud a person, and a person who has in his possession false money or coin, counterfeited in the similitude of gold or silver coin, current as aforesaid, knowing the same to be false and counterfeit, with intent to utter or pass the same as true, or counsels, advises or assists in counterfeiting, uttering or passing such gold or silver coin, shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years and fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
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