@JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down18
arrow-up1387arrow-down1imageTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.world@JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square156fedilink
minus-square@delirious_owllinkEnglish-20•4 months agoThe $0.50 coin is definitely not legal in the US
minus-square@justJanne@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglish12•4 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_dollar_(United_States_coin) ???
minus-squareRob T FireflylinkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agoIt’s not legal to murder someone with a half-dollar coin, but it’s certainly legal to buy something with it.
minus-square@delirious_owllinkEnglish1•4 months agoSource is me living in Ecuador lol. Ecuador is allowed to make their own coins <$1. So some of the coins here are made by the US. The ones made in Ecuador say so, and they’re not legal tender in the US.
minus-square@scottywh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoAll the coins pictured here are $1 coins but the US absolutely has legal tender $.50 coins.
The $0.50 coin is definitely not legal in the US
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_dollar_(United_States_coin) ???
It’s not legal to murder someone with a half-dollar coin, but it’s certainly legal to buy something with it.
Cite your source.
Source is me living in Ecuador lol. Ecuador is allowed to make their own coins <$1. So some of the coins here are made by the US. The ones made in Ecuador say so, and they’re not legal tender in the US.
We have different 50¢ pieces.
All the coins pictured here are $1 coins but the US absolutely has legal tender $.50 coins.