2A:49A-5. Proper money
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5. a. The money in which the parties to a transaction have agreed that payment is to be made is the proper money of the claim for payment.
b. If the parties to a transaction have not otherwise agreed, the proper money of the claim, as in each case may be appropriate, is the money:
(1)regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing;
(2)used at the time of a transaction in international trade, by trade usage or common practice, for valuing or settling transactions in the particular commodity or service involved; or
(3)in which the loss was ultimately felt or will be incurred by the party claimant.
L.1993,c.317,s.5.