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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;I Like Trees, post: 287248, member: 10463&quot;]<b>Other places on earth like EuroLand</b></p><p><br /></p><p>To continue what I was&nbsp; saying about the way in which Canadian coins circulate in the US:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left"><font size="1"> EuroLand is a unique case in that, if a coin leaves the nation where it was produced, it is still legal tender. Strike that. I shouldn&#039;t say unique. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamas" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamas" rel="nofollow">Bahamian</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados" rel="nofollow">Barbadian</a> dollars are each pegged at 1:1 with the US dollar. Our coins and bills are legal tender in the first two countries. Their coins and bills aren&#039;t legal tender here, but I&#039;m sure the coins show up fairly often in change Stateside. (only on the Atlantic coast though)</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Having visited Canada&nbsp; frequently, I know there are shops, often with 100 metres of the border, that price goods in both and accept both as payment. Several specific types of foodstuffs (such as cheese) are much cheaper for Canadians to but in the US. (because of US subsidies in certain agricultural sectors) Shops in certain vacation towns in Florida accept Canadian because so many Canadians winter there.</p><p><br /></p><p>No current Mexican coin resembles any current US coin. There are likely areas on the US side of the US-Mexico border that accept Mexican pesos. I know US dollars are accepted at a fixed rate (in shops) of 1:10 near the border. There is also likely nowhere in Mexico or 60% of countries on earth where many local people wouldn&#039;t gladly accept US. A similar large area, of course, would gratefully accept Euros. (also UK£ and Sw₣?)</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">~</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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