Written by Christophe Cieters. As money developed and people opted to place it in secured storage, banks started issuing bank notes which represented a client’s deposit at the bank and the promise to redeem each note for the amount of gold it represented at a 100% reserve rate. Market exchange rates of the coins were defined by their metal content. Market exchange rate of the notes were defined by the default risk of issuer (risk-adjusted Read More
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