Gold Futures contracts for delivery… zoomed thru historic (quantity) range. range has lasted 30 yrs.
Extraordinary trades of paper for metal.
Where is it all going?
After liberating Paris… the Vichy (Nazi colony) Francs were worthless. Shades of 'King Rat'.
But Op Overlord had a Liberty ship ready to unload a new currency for circulation to The People of France whose freedom was purchased with the blood of thousands of Allied soldiers.
Some Duece 'n Half trucks delivered the money like any other consumer item to french bankers.
The whole french economy was in a concentrated form, in crates, guarded by a few MPs, and able to fit on a few trucks.
How much did it all cost and who paid the price?