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Thalers, Pesos & Pieces of Eight or How the Dollar got its Name On July 6, 1785, the Continental Congress of the United States authorised the issuance of its first official coinage – the United States dollar. While we tend to see the dollar as quintessentially American, over 20 countries use...

The Dollar and the American Revolution I’ll start with two questions. One could be called a trivia question. This one isn’t so trivial. From time to time I meet someone from England, or Great Britain, who tells me that the American Revolution wasn’t necessary. The problems were temporary. The...

There is a lot on the Internet about this, including the alarmist statement that the dollar will collapse on October 1st. Rand Paul or Ron Paul said something like the dollar will collapse on May 28 2016 which did not happen. After watching a number of discussions with the treasury secretary...