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Okay, yes - technically speaking, there are countries out there who have more than one official currency.

But with every single listing of a country that has more than one currency, there is a political reason why (see Ecuador) and it has real implications for the society to use a currency that you don't control.

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You use the phrase "technically speaking" pejoratively as though there is some special set of rules that make these countries multi-currency. There isn't. It's very plainly correct that many countries in the world use multiple currencies.

I assume one of the implications you refer to is that the people have a choice of currencies and hence protection against government sponsored inflation.

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