[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 31, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 31CFR100.18] [Page 328] TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PART 100--EXCHANGE OF PAPER CURRENCY AND COIN--Table of Contents Subpart D--Other Information Sec. 100.18 Counterfeit notes to be marked; ``redemption'' of notes wrongfully so marked. The Act of June 30, 1876 (19 Stat. 4; 31 U.S.C. 424), provides that all U.S. Officers charged with the receipt or disbursement of public moneys, and all officers of national banks, shall stamp or write in plain letters the word ``counterfeit,'' ``altered,'' or ``worthless'' upon all fraudulent notes issued in the form of, and intended to circulate as money, which shall be presented at their places of business; and if such officers shall wrongfully stamp any genuine note of the United States, or of the national bank, they shall, upon presentation, ``redeem'' such notes at the face amount thereof.