legal tender
Example Sentences
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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
In 2021, El Salvador made bitcoin legal tender alongside the US dollar.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
Suddenly I realized — a shock to the system! — you needed legal tender in order to live.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025
Bitcoiners have come to love the currency’s adoption as legal tender in other countries, and the value of the central coin has become just as responsive to broader macroeconomic conditions as anything else.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2025
Instead of continuing the argument about how they would cop, they began to fantasize about what the gold could buy when it became legal tender.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
