All Stories published by Spontaneous Order on May 10, 2013
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Private Minting in Bhopal and 19th Century Britain

There is a very cool article in HT this week about a shop in Bhopal that is producing Rs. 5 coins due to a shortage in that denomination. A liquor shop acts as a bank that produces, issues, and redeems several of the coins for larger rupee…