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Why was paper money invented

 
Anonymous Coward
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01/26/2010 01:40 AM
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Why was paper money invented
Too many rich people getting injured during money fights lobbing gold bars at one another.
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01/26/2010 01:58 AM
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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.
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01/26/2010 01:59 AM
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Re: Why was paper money invented
It was easier to carry.
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01/26/2010 02:00 AM
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Re: Why was paper money invented
People were sick of carrying chickens and sheep around with them when buying sex and drugs.
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01/26/2010 02:10 AM
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Re: Why was paper money invented
Too many rich people getting injured during money fights lobbing gold bars at one another.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 874313

Yeah sort of. It was first used as an IOU of valuable items so you don't have to carry the weight.
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Re: Why was paper money invented
Too many rich people getting injured during money fights lobbing gold bars at one another.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 874313

Yeah sort of. It was first used as an IOU of valuable items so you don't have to carry the weight.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 812359

your a dick





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