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Uncommon card · History
History of the British national debt, an Uncommon card
The history of the British national debt can be traced back to the reign of William III, who engaged a syndicate of City traders and merchants to offer for an issue of government debt, which evolved into the Bank of England.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 112
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 30,000
Power 112 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In 1815, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, British government debt reached a peak of £1 billion.
- By the beginning of the 20th century the national debt had been gradually reduced to around 30 percent of GDP.
- However, during World War I, the British government was forced to borrow heavily in order to finance the war effort.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The History of the British national debt article was read about 30,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get History of the British national debt
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of the British national debt (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Chris55, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
