• samus12345@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    although older coins were still legal tender

    This makes it sound like they would indeed still be legal tender. No, nobody would ever actually do that because they’re worth far more, but I’m just talking about the legality, not practicality.

    • azertyfun
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      1 year ago

      Actually I’m not sure to interpret that sentence, because it says “were legal tender” not “are legal tender”. Anyway I wouldn’t expect to be able to pay any fine in medieval shillings lmao.