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Is gold legal tender

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a legal medium of payment

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Legal tender (noun) is variously defined in different jurisdictions. Formally, it is anything which when offered in payment extinguishes the debt. Gold and silver have historically been considered as legal tender, with paper currency being added in modern times. Under the Coinage Act of 1965 (USA) all gold and silver bullion coins are defined as legal tender.

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Assuming you are meaning a current-day quarter which has then been gold-plated by a 3rd party, the answer is: technically, no. You have defaced the currency by gold-plating it, and thus, it is no longer valid currency.

In reality, it will likely be valued at the price of the gold required to plate it. That is, it will have value for its gold, not for its currency.

The US Treasury did not every produce gold-plated quarters, so there are no "real" US quarter coins.

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Gold is not considered legal tender in the United States. However, some countries do specify gold as legal tender and accept it as a form of currency for transactions.

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