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LEGAL TENDER
U.S. Code, Title 31, Money and Finance
SECTION 5103
United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues. Foreign gold or silver coins are not legal tender for debts.
[31 USC 5103. Previously 31 USC 392 (Coinage Act of 1965 § 102) and 456 (RS 3584). Restated and recodified by act of Sept. 13, 1982 (96 Stat. 980) and amended by act of Jan. 12, 1983 (96 Stat. 2477).]
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