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The Continental Dollar and Revolutionary War (HOM 17-A)
History of Money, Lecture 17, Pt. A: story of the first US Dollar - the Continental paper currency during the American Revolution. "Not worth a Continental" was the catch-phrase during and after the inflation and hyperinflation of these notes, which, nevertheless, were integral in helping the Patriots to win the war.
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