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"Such mutation is more unjust and harmful to the whole community than usury; indeed, it amounts to manifest robbery and fraud."

— Oresme, Nicole event 1355

From Treatise on the Origin, Nature, Law, and Alterations of Money

Context: On the prince's alteration of the coinage and its moral character

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