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legal tender

medium of payment allowed by law or recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation
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Summary

legal tender ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,818 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: promissory note[2]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[3], The Encyclopedia Americana[4], Wex[5], Nolo's Free Dictionary Of Law Terms and Legal Definitions[6], Khan Academy[7]

Why It Matters

legal tender has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · AddyLockPool · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The law dictionary entry → tender
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Encyclopedia Americana, Wex +2
    Investopedia term id → t/tender
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 12d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'bh', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fr', '
    Harper's tag → legal-tender
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: legal-tender, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289947573|legal tender (#289947573)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → promissory note
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Encyclopedia Americana, Wex +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007560403105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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