Re:Post office stamps as currency (1862)
by chiliap2 on Monday April 17, 2017 @06:06PM
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One of my favorite quotes from Making Money, discussing the true power of gold:
"It’s in the city itself. The city says: In exchange for that gold, you will have all these things. The city is the magician, the alchemist in reverse. It turns worthless gold into…everything."
"It’s in the city itself. The city says: In exchange for that gold, you will have all these things. The city is the magician, the alchemist in reverse. It turns worthless gold into…everything."