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Public Law 87–643
To amend section 3515 of the Revised Statutes to eliminate tin in the alloy of the 1-cent piece.
Approved September 5, 1962
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 3515 of the Revised Statutes to eliminate tin in the alloy of the 1-cent piece.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the third sentence of section 3515 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 317), is amended to read as follows: “The alloy of the 1-cent piece shall be 95per centum of copper and 5 per centum of zinc.”
Sec. 2.
The first and second sentences of section 3552 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 369), are amended by striking out “medals and proof coins” and inserting “medals, proof coins, and uncirculated coins” in lieu thereof.
Approved September 5, 1962.