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31 U.S.C. § 5101. — Decimal system · Congress.wiki

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31 U.S.C. § 5101.Chapter 51

§ 5101

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Subchapter: MONETARY SYSTEM

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United States money is expressed in dollars, dimes or tenths, cents or hundreths, and mills or thousandths. A dime is a tenth of a dollar, a cent is a hundredth of a dollar, and a mill is a thousandth of a dollar.1

Release: pl-119-83 (2026-04-13)