Maine Revised Statutes
Article 2: COIN AND BANK NOTES
14 §4801. Mode of sale

§4801. Mode of sale
Current gold or silver coin may be taken on execution and paid to the creditor as money collected; and bank notes and all other evidences of debts, issued by any moneyed corporation and circulated as money, may be taken on execution and paid to the creditor at their par value if he will accept them; otherwise, they may be sold like other chattels.