
Joshua Abraham Norton (First American Emperor, Emperor Norton)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Origins of Prosecutors Notes
Norton the first declared that America was no longer a republic and was now a monarchy. He also produced his own money in the form of script or promissory notes. The notes ranged in value from 50 cents to 10 dollars. So these notes were quite substantial in value and aspromissory notes they were payable at 7% interest in 1880 20 years later.50 cents in 1860 would be worth 18 dollars today after all the inflation the governments caused; $10 would be worth $360 now.
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Joshua Abraham Norton had an amazing life and was a titan among men. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the story of Norton's life in the 1800s, with his rise from humble circumstances to wealth and power to humility and back again, and learn what made him so amazing.
