National Banks

[Eva Elisabeth]

(10-17-2013 01:19 AM)My Name Is Kate Wrote:  Was paper money pretty much always the currency in use in the United States, or is that something that began when national banks were created?

http://www.ronscurrency.com/rhist.htm
BTW, roughly 47% of the US public debts are owned by foreign investors, first of all China and Japan.
http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/...ts/mfh.txt