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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 2858439, member: 4910&quot;]Using diamonds as money is an old topic.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was an idea used in the 1951 film &quot;The Day the Earth Stood Still&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>A visitor arrives in Washington DC and recruits a local boy as a guide:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_dayearth_01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Local boy and tourist</p><p><br /></p><p>The visitor shows the kid the money from &quot;back home&quot;:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_dayearth_02.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Diamonds in hand</p><p><br /></p><p>It turns out not to be a good idea as he loses one and causes the kid and his mother to believe that they are dealing with a diamond smuggler.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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