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[CITE: 31USC5102]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                           SUBTITLE IV--MONEY
 
                     CHAPTER 51--COINS AND CURRENCY
 
                      SUBCHAPTER I--MONETARY SYSTEM
 
Sec. 5102. Standard weight

    The standard troy pound of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology of the Department of Commerce shall be the standard used to 
ensure that the weight of United States coins conforms to specifications 
in section 5112 of this title.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 980; Pub. L. 100-418, title V, 
Sec. 5115(c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433.)

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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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5102.................................  31:364.                         R.S. Sec
.  3548; restated Mar. 4, 1911,
                                                                        ch. 268
, Sec.  1, 36 Stat. 1354.
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    The words ``National Bureau of Standards of the Department of 
Commerce'' are substituted for ``Bureau of Standards of the United 
States'' because of 15:1511. The words ``troy pound of the mint of the 
United States, conformably to which the coinage thereof shall be 
regulated'' are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement. The 
word ``ensure'' is substituted for ``securing'' as being more precise. 
The words ``specifications in section 5112 of this title'' are 
substituted for ``the provisions of the laws relating to coinage'' 
because of the restatement.


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-418 substituted ``National Institute of Standards 
and Technology'' for ``National Bureau of Standards''.
