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geneusutwerk  ·  4326 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The two constants, or, why money has value

Planet Money recently did an episode about the Birth of the Dollar Bill

It is really interesting and goes over the history of how we went from a country with hundreds of different currencies (issued by hundreds of banks) to a country with a single currency.