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The beans represent coins, the greens they are served with symbolize paper money, and cornbread is for gold.
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Vogue, 30 Dec. 2025
The sharp rally in gold and silver can be read as a market referendum on the credibility of paper money.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2025
In the 1840s, telephone-book sized quarterly reports detailed the varied relative values in silver of paper money issued by different banks.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2025
For instance, investors would invest in Union government IOUs and with this money in the Treasury, the Union government printed paper money with nothing to back it but the promise of victory.
—David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
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Vogue, 30 Dec. 2025
The sharp rally in gold and silver can be read as a market referendum on the credibility of paper money.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2025
In the 1840s, telephone-book sized quarterly reports detailed the varied relative values in silver of paper money issued by different banks.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2025
For instance, investors would invest in Union government IOUs and with this money in the Treasury, the Union government printed paper money with nothing to back it but the promise of victory.
—David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
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“Paper money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper%20money. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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