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Bulloch History with Roger Allen - Tobacco becomes currency in the U.S.
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Note: The following is the first in a series of columns on the origin of currency in the American colonies and Georgia. The word "bank" comes from the Italian word "banco" (or bench). The Italian moneychangers transacted their business from benches as early as 1157.
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