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...Best of Enemies. The funny story of a phony war in Ethiopia, starring David Niven and Alberto Sordi...
...Best of Enemies. War is heck in this comedy of military errors set in Ethiopia and starring David Niven and Alberto Sordi...
...Best of Enemies. War is heck in this comedy of military errors set in Ethiopia and starring David Niven and Alberto Sordi...
...finance his invasion of Ethiopia, where the thaler was legal currency, Mussolini pressured Austria into allowing him to mint the coin. To counter Mussolini, the British began minting thalers without permission. When World War II broke out, both sides furiously coined thalers to bribe African and Asian tribesmen...
Though it contains only 92? worth of silver, the thaler's barter value varies from country to country, ranges up to $1.50 in Ethiopia. No one knows how many thalers are still in circulation, but at least 320 million have been minted, and the minting is still going on-but with a difference. Under prodding from Austria, the British fortnight ago promised to stop coining thalers, thus leaving the Vienna mint as the sole source. The move delighted Austrian bankers, who sell new thalers for $1.04 apiece and make an 8? profit on each one. To the bankers...