Anonymous Coward User ID: 874313 Ireland 01/26/2010 01:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why was paper money invented Too many rich people getting injured during money fights lobbing gold bars at one another. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 861270 United States 01/26/2010 01:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Why was paper money invented The answer is probably somewhere between:
"Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the rules" Mayer Amschel Rothschild
Gold and silver too heavy when wealth became concentrated into the hands of so few. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 859394 United States 01/26/2010 01:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Why was paper money invented It was easier to carry. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 872144 Canada 01/26/2010 02:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Why was paper money invented People were sick of carrying chickens and sheep around with them when buying sex and drugs. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 812359 Netherlands 01/26/2010 02:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Why was paper money invented Too many rich people getting injured during money fights lobbing gold bars at one another.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 874313Yeah sort of. It was first used as an IOU of valuable items so you don't have to carry the weight. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1287671 United States 03/07/2011 08:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Why was paper money invented Too many rich people getting injured during money fights lobbing gold bars at one another.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 874313Yeah sort of. It was first used as an IOU of valuable items so you don't have to carry the weight. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 812359your a dick |