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(1) Any person who tenders, utters or puts off any coin resembling any current coin knowing it to be false or counterfeit shall be guilty of a second degree felony.

(2) Any person who commits an offence under subsection (1) and at the time of such offence has in his custody or possession, besides the coin so tendered, uttered or put off, any other such false or counterfeit coin shall be guilty of a second degree felony.

(3) Any person who commits an offence under subsection (1) and on the day of such offence, or within the period of ten days next following tenders, utters or puts off any other such coin as aforesaid knowing it to be false or counterfeit shall be guilty of a second degree felony.

(4) Any person who has in his possession three or more coins resembling any current coin knowing them to be false or counterfeit and with intent to tender, utter or put off the said coins or any of them shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(5) For the purposes of this section the offence of tendering, uttering, or putting off a coin shall be deemed to be complete although the coin is not in a fit state to be uttered or the counterfeiting thereof has not been finished or perfected.