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-square65fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-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-square65fedilink
minus-squareChris@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoA bit like the Channel Islands - they use British Pounds but if you try to use them on the mainland they’ll not be accepted. Other way round is fine.
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-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoYes, banks take them.
A bit like the Channel Islands - they use British Pounds but if you try to use them on the mainland they’ll not be accepted. Other way round is fine.
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.
Yes, banks take them.