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The coins would then have been regarded as only so much metal; and as having only the same value as the same amount of metal in any other form.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “The coins would then have been regarded as only so much metal; and as having only the same value as the same amount of…”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner critiques the nature of currency and its intrinsic value in this statement.
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