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Which dollar notes, printed in Scotland in the 1820s, were a worthless currency of which non-existent country?

Question #148643. Asked by pehinhota.
Last updated Sep 13 2021.
Originally posted Sep 13 2021 12:58 PM.

hypatia415
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hypatia415
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The country was Poyais. They were created by a Scottish trickster named Gregor MacGregor.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/15/scottish-confidence-trickster-tricked-hundreds-of-investors-into-buying-plots-of-land-in-a-fictional-country-of-poyais/

Sep 13 2021, 1:28 PM

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