Section 5
Standard weight and remedy.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate the laws relating to coinage and the Mints, the protection of coinage and to provide for the prohibition of melting or destruction of coins and prohibit the making or the possession thereof for issue and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The standard weight of the coin of any denomination, minted
under the provisions of section 4, and the remedy allowed in making of such coins, shall be such as may
be prescribed in this behalf by the Government from time to time.