In minting 5-cent coins, the Secretary shall use bars that vary not more than 2.5 percent from the percent of nickel required. The 5-cent coin is an alloy of 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel. The dollar coin shall be golden in color, have a distinctive edge, have tactile and visual features that make the denomination of the coin readily discernible, be minted and fabricated in the United States, and have similar metallic, anti-counterfeiting properties as United States coinage in circulation on the date of enactment of the United States $1 Coin Act of 1997. The outer layers are metallurgically bonded to the inner layer and weigh at least 30 percent of the weight of the coin. The 2 identical outer layers are an alloy of 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel. The half dollar, quarter dollar, and dime coins are clad coins with 3 layers of metal.
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