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Gobrecht Dollar in The Economist!

MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,275 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Cool that they chose this old illustration for the article!

Andy Lustig

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  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry, Mr. Eureka. It looks AT to me. :p

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  • WinLoseWinWinLoseWin Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wonder what the origin of the image is and the time frame it is from.

    Possibly an old book illustration?

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,247 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wish that more folks read the Eonomist as well as the NY Times...

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,093 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The NY Times is not what it used to be. When I was in undergraduate school, it really was “the paper of record.” Now it has become more of a paper dedicated to opinion.

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,247 ✭✭✭✭✭

    But do you read it before placing it at the bottom of the parakeet's cage or do you have someone else do that for you?

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,247 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry Bill... Let's revisit this once opinions separate from reality.

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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,396 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Andy - you are truly a Renaissance man! :+1:

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting article.... Shows the 'behind the scenes' manipulations to get around sanctions without incurring the financial wrath of the United States....Too bad...That is a nice picture of the Gobrecht though...Cheers, RickO

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