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> 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
by x3n0ph3n3 6y ago
> 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?
- bazzargh 6y agohttps://twitter.com/crimeaday/status/739973139539632128 https://twitter.com/crimeaday/status/739973139539632128 "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 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...)