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Battling gold-backed currencies during the American Civil War

Michael Allan McCrae | September 23, 2013 | 5:27 am Precious Metals Gold 

An old infographic charting the major battles of the American Civil War also shows the gold value of paper money of the two warring sides. The south was unable to finance the war due an embargo on cotton exports and...

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