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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 7757141, member: 12789&quot;]Actually more like the Continental currency issued by the fledgling United States of North America:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1329231[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1329232[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Which ended up finally being redeemed in the 1790s for a cent on the dollar - for bonds that were due in 1815.&nbsp; Benjamin Franklin is said to have surmised that the Continental Currency was in effect a tax for the Revolution, the payout essentially was a break from the British crown and a cent on the dollar in a bond due in 20+ years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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