To understand the excitement it caused, you must understand the value of that much money at the time.

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The value of money changes through time because of inflation or deflation; yet, most of our debts are written in money terms.

货币的价值因时而异,那是因为存在通货膨胀和通货紧缩;,但是，我们大多数负债都以货币方式记录。

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