CALCRIM No. 1933

The defendant is charged [in Count] with making or possessing

counterfeiting equipment [in violation of Penal Code section 480].

To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must

prove that:

1. The defendant [made] [or] [possessed] (a/an) (die/ [or] plate/ [or]

apparatus/ [or] paper/ [or] metal/ [or] machine/ [or]

<insert other item>);

[2. The defendant knew of the equipment’s presence;]

AND

(2/3). The defendant knew that the (die/ [or] plate/ [or] apparatus/ [or]

paper/ [or] metal/ [or] machine/ [or] <insert other

item>) had been or would be used to counterfeit (coin/gold dust/

gold or silver (bars/bullion/lumps/pieces/nuggets)/bank notes or

bills).

[Two or more people may possess something at the same time.]

[A person does not have to actually hold or touch something to possess

it. It is enough if the person has (control over it/ [or] the right to control

it), either personally or through another person.]

[The People allege that the defendant possessed the following items:

<insert description of each item when multiple items alleged>.

Y ou may not find the defendant guilty unless you all agree that the

People have proved that the defendant possessed at least one of these

items and you all agree on which item (he/she) possessed.]

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