The Strange History of Money in America
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Published 2021-07-06
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All Comments (21)
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Your production values just astound me sometimes. Excellent video. Maybe my favorite so far, and it wasn't even a cooking one!
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This education is so valuable it should be taught in schools, especially with this type of medium. You're such a good teacher, Jon!
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It was cool to see the Nutmeg Tavern look like an operating tavern.
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Watching this channel reminds me of how the specials on PBS use to be. Talking about money is cool, complex and possibly boring, but you've hit that nice middle point where you get high end education and entertainment. Kinda like putting carrots and broccoli in cheesey rice for a kid that "doesn't like" vegetables. 😂 Keep up the hard work!
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The value of coins: Depends on many factors Seeing Hatless John: Priceless
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Note: Prior to the Gold Rush, the most common coin west of the Mississippi was the Mexican silver dollar, the 8 reale piece. The USA did not mint silver dollars from 1805 to 1835 because of a silver shortage. The Mexican coins came up from Santa Fe in barrels, so were very common. Most of the people going West in the 1840s would have used the Mexican coin.
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Awww! the use of the tavern in an actual scene is awesome!
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I didn’t know I was in for a college lecture on the fiat dollar but I’m so glad I did
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Prediction: This is going to be the most viewed video on their channel
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We take money so easily for granted, that it's easy to forget that it has such a complex history.
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The music, the cinematography, the history... simply beautiful.
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This was spectacularly good, I don't think anyone else could tell this story in such an understandable and approachable way. If there were Emmy awards for YouTubes this should win one. Well done, very well done.
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The old expression "2 bits" = 25 cents because of the Spanish Dollar/piece of eight; two eighths is a quarter.
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My children and I absolutely love this channel. No matter how bad things get or crappy day that I have I can just go back and pick a video and watch for an hour or two learn something new about our history and just enjoy a wholesome YouTube channel. John and crew are the kind of folks I'd love to be around.
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I love that the invention of paper money was supposedly a one time thing
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To heck with history classes, I'm having my kid watch you.
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You could sit through 8 semesters of high school history and not learn this much.
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How about a companion piece about the role of barter on the frontier. That tradition lasted a long time even after money was widely available. I remember my grandma paying to have corn meal ground by giving the guy a portion. He still operated on a barter system, and this as in the 1970s!
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The Tavern scene made me miss even more my re-enacting family and experiences these past couple years. Also, BONUS JOSH SIGHTING! :-)
