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Specie Circular was 1836. It was Andrew Jackson's declaration of war on bank notes (paper money).

It triggered the Panic of 1837, America's very first economic collapse.

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Thanks. I’m in Australia and have only vaguely heard about the Second Bank of the United States in passing, your reference helped me understand it bit more.

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