As a century long monetary system approaches its end, two things always to rise to prominence: Gambling & Prostitution
Approximate successive
100 year dominant monetary /reserve systems
• Portugal (silver): 1450–1530 (80 yrs)
• Spain (silver): 1530–1640 (110 yrs)
• Netherlands (silver/ guilder): 1640–1720 (80 yrs)
• France (silver & paper): 1720–1815 (95 yrs)
• Britain (sterling, silver/ paper): ~1815–1920 (105 yrs)
• USA (dollar, paper/ digital/fiat): ~1921–present (105 yrs so far)
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