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		segmondy on Aug 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Portuguese Bank Note Crisis of 1925 I think your parent was talking about the fact that he knew he was going to be arrested and instead of fleeing like Hennies decided to fight it.

corford on Aug 31, 2019 [–]

Interestingly Reis may have made the right choice: Hennies ended up dying in poverty before Reis even finished his prison term.

The only one that seems to have come out relatively unscathed was Marang, everyone else finished badly (including the printer in London).

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