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 agoWould these be accepted in the US? Like maybe a gas station attendant would think these are fake but also maybe a bank would take them? Never going to have a chance to test that out; just curious-ish.
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThey’re perfectly normal money that you can use without any issue.
minus-squarethegreekgeek@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI’ve accepted these back when I used to tend bar, I always appreciated the dollar coins. I also had a dude who’d only pay in $2 bills.
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoYes, banks take them.
Would these be accepted in the US? Like maybe a gas station attendant would think these are fake but also maybe a bank would take them? Never going to have a chance to test that out; just curious-ish.
They’re perfectly normal money that you can use without any issue.
I’ve accepted these back when I used to tend bar, I always appreciated the dollar coins. I also had a dude who’d only pay in $2 bills.
Yes, banks take them.