legal tender
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They remain legal tender but not in circulation, as they are largely kept by private currency collectors.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
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
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
One hundred twenty-three dollars in legal tender was promptly reduced to ash and smoke.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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