Iowa Statutes
§ 556E.4 — “Coin silver.”
Iowa § 556E.4
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Bluebook
Iowa Code § 556E.4 (2026).
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Anypersonmakingforsale, selling, orofferingtosellordisposeof, orhavinginpossession
withintenttosellordisposeof,anyarticleofmerchandisemadeinwholeorinpartofsilveror
of any alloy of silver and having marked, stamped, branded, engraved, or imprinted thereon,
or upon any tag, card, or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover, or wrapper
in which such article is enclosed, the words “coin” or “coin silver”, or any colorable imitation
thereof, unless nine hundred one-thousandths of the component parts of the metal appearing
or purporting to be silver of which such article is manufactured are pure silver, subject to the
qualifications hereinafter set forth, is guilty of a fraudulent practice; but in case of all such
articles there shall be allowed a divergence in fineness of four on
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Legislative History
[S13, §5077-b1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1909; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81,
§119.4]
Nearby Sections
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§ 556E.1
Fraudulent marking§ 556E.10
“Person” defined§ 556E.2
Tests§ 556E.3
“Sterling silver.”§ 556E.4
“Coin silver.”§ 556E.5
Other articles of silver§ 556E.6
Tests for articles§ 556E.8
Silver-plated articles§ 556E.9
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