• JimVanDeventer@lemmy.worldOP
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    10 months ago

    Thank you; I didn’t know that. You do have a rather big country and I still sort of wonder if it is universally recognized. Again, just going by never having seen them in movies. Maybe United Statesians aren’t just fictional characters in movies. We’ll never know.

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      10 months ago

      yeah we still mostly use dollar bills but we do have dollar coins and have had dollar coins in circulation for a long while predating these versions even.

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        10 months ago

        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?

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          10 months ago

          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.

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            10 months ago

            In Portland Oregon (most strip clubs per capita in the country) it is traditional to use $2 bills instead of singles. It is extremely common to see two dollar bills in Oregon, I would bet a majority of two’s in circulation stay in the PNW.

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            10 months ago

            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.