Supernotes

The U.S. $10,000 was available till Nixon nixed it in 1969 For the last few yea…

The odd relationship between gangster and central banker

In my recent post for the Sound Money Project, I touched on the odd relationsh…

Demonetization by serial number

This continues a series of posts ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) I've been writing that tries…

A 21st century U.S. trade dollar

"America's only unwanted, unhonoured coin."  - John Willem on the…

Aggressive demonetizations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised Indians today by announcing that India&…

Thoughts on Rogoff's 'Curse of Cash'

The US$5000 banknote, destroyed in 1969 along with the $10,000, $1000, and $500…

How anonymous is cash?

Dutch 10 guilder note. Holland and Lebanon are the only countries to have issue…