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[JLWhitaker]

On 11/07/2019 7:44 PM, Kim Holburn wrote:
> I noticed that.  I seem to recall that in the past banks created their own currency.
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> https://www.therightnote.com.au/articles/private-banknotes-in-australia-1817-1901/  <https://www.therightnote.com.au/articles/private-banknotes-in-australia-1817-1901/>
>
> Surely in other countries too.

I know they did in the US. In fact, they would cut pieces off and use 
it. Ever hear of pieces of eight? Or 2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits, a dollar?
And there were private banks in the US.

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