Commodity Money in Colonial America

02/22/2011 Murray N. Rothbard

Gold and silver are international commodities, and, when not prohibited by government decree, foreign coins are perfectly capable of serving as standard moneys, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

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