JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 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-square128fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down13
arrow-up1127arrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square128fedilink
minus-squareJimVanDeventer@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoIt’s so cool to me. I wonder if I am the only one not from US who finds this a bit mind blowing. What other secrets are you keeping?
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoWe also have a two dollar bill that is rarely seen. So rare in fact that I’ve read stories of cashiers calling the cops on someone because they don’t even realize it’s legal tender.
minus-squareABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoHere in Cambodia we have a dual currency system: you can pay in dollars or riel and get your change in a mixture of currencies. The $2 note is seen in businesses, especially money changing ones (from dollar to riel or vice versa), on display as a good luck sign.
It’s so cool to me. I wonder if I am the only one not from US who finds this a bit mind blowing. What other secrets are you keeping?
We also have a two dollar bill that is rarely seen. So rare in fact that I’ve read stories of cashiers calling the cops on someone because they don’t even realize it’s legal tender.
Here in Cambodia we have a dual currency system: you can pay in dollars or riel and get your change in a mixture of currencies.
The $2 note is seen in businesses, especially money changing ones (from dollar to riel or vice versa), on display as a good luck sign.