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Apple QuickTime movie  |  1993-09-10  |  5.1 MB  |  720x480  |  29.97fps  |  1 minute, 1 second  |  [MooV/TVOD]
Transcription: Cursed be he above all others who's enslaved by love of money. Money takes the place of brothers. Money takes the place of parents. Money brings us war and slaughter. It would seem that little has changed since the Greek poet Anacreon wrote those lines five centuries before Christ. Money's been in existence for at least 3500 years. For most of the history, the most common currency has been coins or ingot coins. of silver, gold or copper. But the Pacific Islanders on Yap used huge stone disks, valuable even if sunk in the ocean. Seashells, cows, beer, dried fish, tobacco, even playing cards and ...