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== Real Life ==
* This has long been a routine strategy indulged in by (of course) the [[Byzantine Empire]] among others.
** During [[World War II]] it was regular practice among the British to keep a store of gold coins with the motif of St George stamped on them for paying off irregulars and spies. This was known as "St George's cavalry".