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[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I mean, would you chop up some dollar bills to make strips of cloth that are part of a machine you’ve never heard of from some guy claiming to be a time traveler?

If you can melt it back down into money after trying it, sure.

There are plenty of examples of gold and copper jewelry at the time, so people (at least somewhat wealthy people) would be no strangers to using it for 'frivolous' purposes sometimes.