George Selgin @GeorgeSelgin · 05 Sep 2026
The 60% figure is a gross exaggeration: it would have to refer to notes of a bank known to have failed. By the onset of the Civil War, the modal discount in NYC or Chicago on notes of operating northern banks was <1%.
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