SciFi/Fantasy – March 10

“Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value: zero.”
– Voltaire

On this date in 1862, America’s Department of the Treasury issued paper money for the first time.

The smallest denomination was $5 (today worth less than a dime);
the largest, $1,000 (today worth about the cost of a large value meal at McDonald’s).

Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist discovers that money cannot buy any solution to a crisis.

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