[QUOTE=David Merrill;9600]

This plays integral role in your point AJ as 31 USC §371 has been repealed in order to peg US notes to the FRNs in value.
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Actually David, 31 USC §371 has NOT been repealed. It has been moved, albeit circuitously. It was restated in the Revised Statute 3563 and then renumbered as 31 USC 5101.