Economy
When playing cards became money in New France
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When the ship carrying your gold gets delayed, you have to get creative with the local casino supplies. In 1685, the governor of French Canada ran out of hard currency to pay his soldiers. Desperate to prevent a mutiny, he confiscated local playing cards, cut them into quarters, signed them, and issued them as promissory notes. The system worked so well that card money circulated in the colony for over seventy years.
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