I think I've seen it mentioned in multiple robber baron era books. Vanderbilt bio, Lind's land of promise...
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yeah, I don't buy that. Gold is ~ a currency market-maker rather than a scrip. If you can do gold, you can do fiat.
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Gold is "horizontal" in a macro sense. Scrips have more "vertical" liquidity within a sector and adjacent ones.

