408.010. Silver a legal tender. — The silver coins of the United States are hereby declared a legal tender, at their par value, fixed by the laws of the United States, and shall be receivable in payment of all debts, public or private, hereafter contracted in the state of Missouri; provided, however, that no person shall have the right to pay, upon any one debt, dimes and half dimes to an amount exceeding ten dollars, or of twenty and twenty-five cent pieces exceeding twenty dollars.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3359)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2972; 1919 § 7100; 1909 § 8099
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