[lbo-talk] Some NYC shops accepting Euros instead of dollars now

[John Thornton]

B. wrote:
> "Euros Accepted" signs pop up in New York City
> Wed Feb 6,
>
>
> While shops in many U.S. towns on the Canadian border
> have long accepted Canadian currency and some stores
> on the Texas-Mexico border take pesos, the acceptance
> of foreign money in Manhattan was unheard of until
> recently.

Until just before the US Civil War began lots of foreign currencies were 
accepted all over NYC.

John Thornton