Dollars and nonsense
These two signs were photographed at the same tram stop in Vienna. Just outside the university as it happens.
Mr Engels was of course one of the people behind communism. But who knows about Joachimsthaler? Actually, his name ultimately led to the word dollar.
A hundred years ago the professors at Vienna University understood why communism couldn't work. And they'd probably have been horrified to be told that the dollar would eventually become just another fiat currency.
posted by David Farrer at 18:25
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