Regulations last checked for updates: Dec 17, 2025

Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury last revised: Aug 04, 2025
§ 101.4 - Extraction of gold bullion from the counterfeit coins.

If the petition is approved, the Assistant Secretary shall then forward the gold coins to the Bureau of the Mint where, if economically feasible, the gold bullion will be extracted from the counterfeit coins. The Bureau of the Mint will then return the bullion to the Assistant Secretary.

authority: 18 U.S.C. 492.
source: 42 FR 1472, Jan. 7, 1977, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 31 CFR 101.4