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Regarding the legal tender issue, I think that
1) It is a federal matter, not a state matter; and
2) The relevant law would probably be either the congressional act which established the Federal Reserve System in 1913; or perhaps a second law was required in the mid-60s when the "silver certificates" were discontinued and replaced by the Federal Reserve Notes.
The dollar bill I hold in my hand says, "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private."
Perhaps before you have purchased a book there is no debt. I would like to see an American lawyer chime in.
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