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Gold Rush Money

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44min | Aired on Jun 22, 2003 | TV-G | CC |

The 1849 Gold Rush spawned a rogue economy where miners, merchants, and bankers schemed to reap the riches of a lawless land. See how the Wild West economy was finally tamed by a new money standard at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.

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