There almost was: The Lybian Gold Dinar.
But 'luckily' the bankers prevented this from happening
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i was just to say this.
Gaddafi was about to create a gold backed currency
http://www.goldstockbull.com/articles/libya-invasion-gaddafi-plan-gold-dinar/Saddam Hussein was planing on a similar thing (the initial part was he made only euros tradeable for iraq oil)
JFK signed executive order 11110 5 months before he was assassinated which basically should/would have abolished the FED
"lucky" for us they are terrorists and victims of assassinations before they could destroy the USD
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Along similar lines, the Taliban outlawed poppy plants and burned down most of the fields right before 9/11 (95% of of pharmaceutical opiates come from Afghanistan, this would have bankrupted pharma companies)
i also want to add something about libya... Gaddafi just gave 10s of thousands of rpgs and over 2 million assault rifles to the "genocide victims" fight the rebels... yea right, like that's something a murderous dictator would do, especially when you consider only ~1 million out of the 6 million in Libya are against Gaddafi, Hmmmm