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Old 25th January 2014, 19:53   #10
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Originally Posted by Avulon View Post
No different to the £ GBP and many other currencies then. The £ hasn't been based on gold standard for getting on for a century.

Aren't national currencies backed up with things like "promise to pay the bearer" and government bonds like Gilts etc? Whereas bits are not?
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