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HR 6942 110th Congress House

5-Cent Restoration Act of 2008

Official title: To amend section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, to provide for the return of the half-dime as the new 5-cent circulating coin, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 18, 2008 Introduced by: Lucas, Frank D. Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Currency
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Sep 18, 2008
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 Latest action September 18, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

5-Cent Restoration Act of 2008 - Revises the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue a five-cent coin to limit the design of such a coin to a clad half-dime based on the size and shape of the half-dime or five-cent coin produced in the 1870s.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6942: 5-Cent Restoration Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6942/
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"H.R. 6942: 5-Cent Restoration Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6942/.
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H.R. 6942, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6942/.
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