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bbatha | 6 days ago

Newton knew a lot about investing for the time. He was a master of the mint for much of his adult life.

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seanhunter|6 days ago

As I understand it, Master of the mint was more about knowing enough metallurgy to not be ripped off by people using weak alloys to smelt coins. It wasn’t like a modern central banker or anything like that.