wildcat money
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wildcat money
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A paper currency that was issued by banks in the 19th century when there was no federal regulation of banks.
Heretofore, the end that should have been sought—a faultless medium of exchange—had been lost sight of; and every writer who has presented a new theory of money, not to mention the old one, has become entangled with the dogmas, State supervision, "measure of value," "standard of value," and legal te
Similar: wildcat, wildcat currency, wildcat note
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title = {wildcat money},
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