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Bulloch History with Roger Allen: Continental Congress prints bills for Georgia, nation
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Roger Allen - photo by Special
Note: The following is part of a series of columns looking at how hard currency was introduced in Georgia and Bulloch County. Article 1, Section 10 of the proposed U.S. Constitution declared, "No State shall … coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; (or) make anything but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts." Georgia's Ratifying Convention only agreed to this restrictive clause because "acute panic caused by Indian warfare caused them to vote for the Constitution in hope of gaining aid from the rest of the union."
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