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Isaac Newton and the Tower of London

Historic Royal Palaces Podcast

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Malt Lottery Ticket - The Last Thing That Could Be False

This is a Massachusetts colony bill for five shillings based on a promise. It's a case of inflationary war funding. This was right when they were trying, the treasure was trying anything to fund its wars. So in response to all this, Parliament finally says, okay, we're going to re-coin.

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