legal tender

Example Sentences

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Pennies will remain legal tender, so they can still be used or exchanged for other cash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

All UK coins featuring the late Queen's profile remain legal tender and in active circulation, alongside her son's coins.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025

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

In 2021 he made Bitcoin legal tender nationwide, and though the experiment has largely been a failure, it has attracted crypto bros and tech opportunists.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2025

These categories imply that we find Everest to be covered in snow; we make today Thursday; and the bank decrees that this is legal tender.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton