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[CITE: 31USC5113]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                           SUBTITLE IV--MONEY
 
                     CHAPTER 51--COINS AND CURRENCY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL AUTHORITY
 
Sec. 5113. Tolerances and testing of coins

    (a) The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe reasonable 
manufacturing tolerances for specifications in section 5112 of this 
title (except for specifications that are limits) for the dollar, half 
dollar, quarter dollar, and dime coins. The weight of the 5-cent coin 
may vary not more than 0.194 gram. The weight of the one-cent coin may 
vary not more than 0.13 gram. Any gold coin issued under section 5112 of 
this title shall contain the full weight of gold stated on the coin.
    (b) The Secretary shall keep a record of the kind, number, and 
weight of each group of coins minted and test a number of the coins 
separately to determine if the coins conform to the weight specified in 
section 5112(a) of this title. If the coins tested do not conform, the 
Secretary--
        (1) shall weigh each coin of the group separately and deface the 
    coins that do not conform and cast them into bars for reminting; or
        (2) may remelt the group of coins.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 983; Pub. L. 100-274, 
Sec. 4(b), Mar. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 50.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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5113(a)..............................  31:350.                         R.S. Sec
.  3537; Sept. 26, 1890, ch. 945,
                                                                        Sec.  1
, 26 Stat. 485.
                                       31:398(5).                      July 23,
 1965, Pub. L. 89-81, Sec.
                                                                        108(5),
 79 Stat. 255.
5113(b)..............................  31:351.                         R.S. Sec
.  3538; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350,
                                                                        Sec.  1
(last par. words before 7th comma
                                                                        under h
eading ``Assay Office at Salt
                                                                        Lake Ci
ty, Utah''), 37 Stat. 384.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``for the dollar, half dollar, quarter 
dollar, and dime coins'' are added because of the restatement. The words 
``0.194 gram'' are substituted for ``three grains'', and the words 
``0.13 gram'' are substituted for ``two grains'', for consistency in the 
revised chapter.
    In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words ``Secretary shall 
keep a record of the kind, number, and weight of each group of coins 
minted'' are substituted for 31:351(1st sentence) because of the source 
provisions restated in section 321(c) of the revised title. In clause 
(1), the words ``deface the coins that do not conform and cast them into 
bars for reminting'' are substituted for ``shall be defaced and 
delivered to the superintendent of melting and refining department as 
standard bullion, to be again formed into ingots and recoined'' for 
consistency in the revised chapter and to eliminate unnecessary words. 
In clause (2), the words ``if more convenient'' are omitted as surplus.


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-274 inserted at end ``Any gold coin 
issued under section 5112 of this title shall contain the full weight of 
gold stated on the coin.''
