JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 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.worldJimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square156fedilink
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down21·5 months agoThe $0.50 coin is definitely not legal in the US
minus-squarejustJanne@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_dollar_(United_States_coin) ???
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoIt’s not legal to murder someone with a half-dollar coin, but it’s certainly legal to buy something with it.
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 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-squareswab148@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoWe have different 50¢ pieces.
minus-squarescottywh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 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.