Your Google-foo is stronger than mine! On Sunday, January 19, 2014 09:02:50 Corey Edwards wrote: > On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Richard Esplin > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can't find the other episode. I think it was one from NPR's Planet > > Money. But it describes how each shop owner had to have a book of > > currencies with exchange rates that was updated regularly. The further > > you got from your town, the less your bank note was worth. It provided a > > lot of friction in transactions and sounded like a huge pain. > > I believe this is the droid you're looking for. > > http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/12/07/166747693/episode-421-the-birth-of > -the-dollar-bill > > Corey
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