ANST - Period Scams?

[Mike C. Baker]

Dutch tulip-bulb exchange, original of which serves as the
basis for modern stock and commodity exchanges, does
not specifically qualify as a "scam", but a lot of people
thought it was when the bottom dropped out of the basket...

Mike C. Baker
SCA: Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri al-Amra
"Other": Kihe Blackeagle (the Dreamsinger Bard)
My opinions are my own -- who else would want them?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Wolf <WolfJ at bisys.com>
To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG <ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 1:47 PM
Subject: ANST - Period Scams?


>With all the talk recently of computer viruses and prayer hoaxes (all
off-topic) I begin to wonder about such
>scams in the period we study.  Papal Indulgences aside,  (and I won't
go into whether these are a scam or
>not! Too heated of a topic!) does anyone know of a medieval equivalent
of a chainletter or get-rich-quick scam?
>
>Herr Manfred von Wolf
>Barony of the Stargate
>
>
>[Psssst... wanna buy a piece of the true cross?  How about one of Saint
Michael's pinfeathers?]
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