Is It Time to Kill the Penny?

Re:Is It Time to Kill the Penny? by x3n0ph3n3 on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @05:02PM (#23837814)

> it's illegal to leave the US with more than $5 worth of pennies, so you can't drive to Canada with a bag of pennies and melt them there.

What law would that violate?

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Re:Is It Time to Kill the Penny? by bazzargh on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @05:27PM (#23838149)

"31 USC §5111(d)(2), 31 CFR §82.1(b) & 82.2(a)(2) make it a federal crime to leave the US with more than $25 worth of pennies in your pocket."

Most of that is about penalties but 31 CFR §82.2(a) has the $5 and $25 rules: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/31/82.2

(I just guessed A Crime A Day had tweeted about this, US law seems to be mostly legacy code...)

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