legal tender
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Utah, a state with a long mining legacy, was the first to reaffirm gold and silver as legal tender in 2011.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Last year, the country welcomed a record 3.9 million tourists, including cryptocurrency evangelists drawn by Bukele’s short-lived experiment in making Bitcoin legal tender.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025
Suddenly I realized — a shock to the system! — you needed legal tender in order to live.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025
Cash is legal tender in the UK, but businesses are not obliged to serve people who only want to pay with notes and coins.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025
“Leave that to my father. He knows bank people who know other bank people. They’ll give him legal tender for it.”
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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