News India Live, Digital Desk, Gold Legal Tender: The Florida government has signed a bill that will allow gold and silver as a valid currency for daily transactions. This law will give money service businesses the right to accept gold and silver coins as payment.
Florida Governor Ron Desantis on Tuesday signed the CS/HB 999 and enacted it. With the move, Florida has become the first major state in the US to recognize gold and silver as a valid currency for regular transactions.
Under the Bill, gold and silver coins that meet certain purity requirements will be accepted as a valid currency and will not be sold on them. The move aims to adopt precious metals as a functional currency in everyday transactions.
Desantis introduced the bill as part of his major initiative to challenge the Centralized Authority on financial transactions.