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Our currency can not be improved by the creation of new banks or more issues from those which now exist.
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gutenberg.orgMartin Van Buren: “Our currency can not be improved by the creation of new banks or more issues from those which now exist.”
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He asserts that simply creating more banks will not enhance the currency.
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