Pay with The Force? Tiny Island Nation Mints ‘Star Wars’ Currency

Four words you’d never expect to hear: “Use the coin, Luke.” And you thought you were Star Wars die-hard. Apparently not as die-hard as the Pacific nation of Niue, a roughly 100-square-mile island located 1,500 miles northeast of New Zealand, sometimes called the “Rock of Polynesia,” or just “The Rock” for short. These folks just opted to

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Pay with The Force? Tiny Island Nation Mints ‘Star Wars’ Currency

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