inconvertibility

noun

in·​convertibility ¦in+ 

: the quality or state of being inconvertible

—used chiefly of foreign exchange

… the ruble is an archaic pseudo-currency. Its medium of exchange function is severely circumscribed by both foreign and domestic inconvertibility.

—Edgar L. Feigue, The Cato Journal, Winter 1991

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