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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3431631, member: 101855"]When you country or cause is going down the tubes, governemnts are ready to do just about anything. The Continental Congress did the same thing with the Continental Currency during the American Revolutionary War. The value of the money went virtually to zero. That's where the phrase, "Not worth a Contrinental" got started.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fortunate thing for the United States was we had an army, led by George Washington, that had the guts to stick it out PLUS the French who were looking to stick it to the British.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3431631, member: 101855"]When you country or cause is going down the tubes, governemnts are ready to do just about anything. The Continental Congress did the same thing with the Continental Currency during the American Revolutionary War. The value of the money went virtually to zero. That's where the phrase, "Not worth a Contrinental" got started. The fortunate thing for the United States was we had an army, led by George Washington, that had the guts to stick it out PLUS the French who were looking to stick it to the British.[/QUOTE]
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