An Act to amend section 491 of title 18, United States Code, prohibiting certain acts involving the use of tokens, slugs, disks, devices, papers, or other things which are similar in size and shape to the lawful coins or other currency of the United States
PL 87-667 (H.R.8038), enacted 09/19/1962

76 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-668-SEPT. 19, 1%2 
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Public Law 87-667 
AN ACT 
To amend section 491 of title 18, United States Code, prohibiting certain acts 
involving the use of tokens, slugs, disks, devices, papers, or other things which 
are similar in size and shape to the lawful coins or other currency of the 
United States. 
September 19, 1962 
[H. R. 8038] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amenca in Congress assemJbled^ That that portion 
of section 491 of title 18, United States Code, which precedes subsec-
tion (c) thereof is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 491. Tokens or paper used as money 
"(a) Whoever, being 18 years of age or over, not lawfully author-
ized, makes, issues, or passes any coin, card, token, or detice in metal, 
or its compounds, intended to be used as money, or whoever, being 18 
years of age or over, with intent to defraud, makes, utters, inserts, or 
uses any card, token, slug, disk, device, paper, or other thing similar 
in size and shape to any of the lawful coins or other currency of the 
United States or any coin or other currency not legal tender in the 
United States, to procure anything of value, or the use or enjoyment 
of any property or service from any automatic merchandise vending 
machine, postage-stamp machine, turnstile, fare box, coinbox tele-
phone, parking meter or other lawful receptacle, depository, or con-
trivance designed to receive or to be operated by lawful coins or 
other currency of the United States, shall be fined not more than $1,000, 
or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. 
"(b) Whoever manufactures, sells, offers, or advertises for sale, or 
exposes or keeps with intent to furnish or sell any token, slug, disk, de-
vice, paper, or other thing similar in size and shape to any of the 
lawful coins or other currency of the United States, or any token, disk. 
paper. or other device issued or authorized in connection with ration-
Cfimes and 
offenses. 
Slugs, disks, 
etc., penalty. 
62 Stat. 709. 
mg or food and fiber distribution by any agency of the United States, 
with knowledge or reason to believe that such tokens, slugs, disks, 
devices, papers, or other things are intended to be used unlawfully or 
fraudulently to procure anything of value, or the use or enjoyment 
of anj^ property or service from any automatic merchandise vending 
machine, postage-stamp machine, turnstile, fare box, coin-box tele-
phone, parking meter, or other lawful receptacle, depository, or con-
trivance designed to receive or to be operated by lawful coins or other 
currency of the United States shall be fined not more than $1,000 or im-
prisoned not more than one year, or both. 
"Nothing contained in this section shall create immunity from crimi-
nal prosecution under the laws of any State, Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, territory, possession, or the District of Columbia." 
Approved September 19, 1962. 
Public Law 87-668 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Extending the duration of copyright protection in certain cases. 
Resolved hy the Se/nate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assetnbled^ That in any case in which 
the renewal term of copyright subsisting in any work on the date of 
approval of this resolution w^ould expire prior to December 31, 1965, 
such term is hereby continued until December 31,1965. 
Approved September 19, 1962. 
September 19, 1962 
[H. J. Res. 627] 
Copyright term. 
Extension.