[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]

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                  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.