But note the essential feature  A debtor can force the acceptance of legal tender to discharge his debt ONLY if the debt is denominated in the SAME currency as the legal tender money is  To repeat myself AGAIN  If you owe me onions and you could owe me onions then I can insist on repayment in onions     All that legal tender is is the ascribing to certain examples coins notes of a particular money a special status  There is nothing to prevent two different monies being in circulation and each of them having coins  notes which are legal tender  That this is not common does not mean the contrary