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[CITE: 15USC291]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
    CHAPTER 8--FALSELY STAMPED GOLD OR SILVER OR GOODS MANUFACTURED 
                                THEREFROM
 
Sec. 291. Stamping with words ``United States assay'', etc., 
        unlawful
        
    It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association, or 
corporation engaged in commerce among the several States, Territories, 
District of Columbia, and possessions of the United States, or with any 
foreign country, to stamp any gold, silver, or goods manufactured 
therefrom, and which are intended and used in such commerce, with the 
words ``United States assay'', or with any words, phrases, or devices 
calculated to convey the impression that the United States Government 
has certified to the fineness or quality of such gold or silver, or of 
the gold or silver contained in any of the goods manufactured therefrom. 
Each and every such stamp shall constitute a separate offense.

(Feb. 21, 1905, ch. 720, Sec. 1, 33 Stat. 732.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 292, 293 of this title.
