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Re:Countries are still paying off debt from World War 1 by justincormack on Saturday November 01, 2014 @08:14PM (#8545103)
The 4% Consol is the one being redeemed. Not entirely clear why - they could buy it back cheaper in the market than paying par.
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Re:Countries are still paying off debt from World War 1 by walshemj on Sunday November 02, 2014 @10:16AM (#8546776)
I know I was vaguely looked at the 4% consuls as investment before the crash they where selling for around 60/70 in 2008
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