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Re:US financial regulator: We could regulate Bitcoin “if we ... by absherwin on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @01:12PM (#5669309)
A chattel is moveable property (i.e. not land). So a chattel currency is any currency that involves transferring property such as gold, flour, etc.

Re: Slavery use. Slaves were called chattel because they were property; that was the disgrace.

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