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(1) Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, knowingly-

(a) makes or mends, or begins or proceeds to make or mend, or

(b) buys or sells, or

(c) has in his possession any of the instruments or things to which this section applies shall be guilty of a first degree felony.

(2) This section applies to the following instruments and things, namely-

(a) any puncheon, counter-puncheon, matrix, stamp, die, pattern or mould in or upon which there is made or impressed, or which will make or impress, the figure, stamp or apparent resemblance of both or either of the sides of any current coin, or any part of both or either of those sides;

(b) any edger, edging or other tool, collar, instrument or engine adapted and intended for the marking of coin around the edges with letters, grainings or other marks or figures apparently resembling those on the edges of any current coin;

(c) any press for coinage, or any cutting engine for cutting by force of a screw or of any other contrivance round blanks out of gold, silver or other metal or mixture of metals, or any other machine used or intended to be used for the false making or counterfeiting of any current coin;

(d) any instrument or thing specially contrived or adapted for the purpose of committing any offence relating to coin.

(3) It shall be a sufficient defence in proceedings under this section relating to the making, buying, selling or having possession of any tool, engine, instrument or thing mentioned in subsection (2) of this section that the person charged did not know that such tool, engine, instrument or thing was adapted or intended to be used for any purpose mentioned in the said subsection (2).