18 U.S.C. § 489 : US Code - Section 489: Making or possessing likeness of coins

Search 18 U.S.C. § 489 : US Code - Section 489: Making or possessing likeness of coins

Whoever, within the United States, makes or brings therein from
any foreign country, or possesses with intent to sell, give away,
or in any other manner uses the same, except under authority of the
Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer of the United
States, any token, disk, or device in the likeness or similitude as
to design, color, or the inscription thereon of any of the coins of
the United States or of any foreign country issued as money, either
under the authority of the United States or under the authority of
any foreign government shall be fined under this title.