When Cards were used as money

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Several days ago I received an email about a soldier who was caught with a Deck of Cards in a Church. He explained that it was his Bible and Almanac. Ace stood for one God, duce for the two books of the Bible, three for the Trinity, and the Almanac is 52 cards for the 52 weeks, 12 face cards the number of months in a year. Now I just read a blog about using playing cards as money to pay soldiers. It seems that the French had trouble getting hard money(coin) shipped from France. The government official in charge of paying the troops used a deck of playing cards with his signature and a dollar amount written on each card. This was the legal money until the hard money arrived from France. The replacement official liked the idea and used it again except he created more money than he had coming so he had extra money for his use. you can read the story at http://hubpages.com/hub/Jacques-de-Meulles-and-His-Playing-Card-Money?utm_source=fanclub&utm_campaign=evite&utm_medium=email He was like any politician who had a chance to get more money with out any work. He just created more money. The same thing that politicians do today. As the saying goes if you don't learn from the past you are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.