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Old 01-27-2014, 08:02 PM
Wilkinson4 Wilkinson4 is offline
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Originally Posted by GuyGadois View Post
I, for one, am exstatic about using FRN, bucks, greenback, dollars. It is so much easier to trade than pelts and more convenient than carrying gold bullion. Remember the days of the shootouts in the center of town, having to get your gold weighed and transported by a wagon? Oh the saddle sores. I am not sure what the interest rate was on beaver pelts but I am fairly sure it wasn't as much more than today's rate on the so called FRNs.

GG
Rapha beaver pelts were very pricey!

mIKE
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