You solve the cryptograms, and get a bunch of quotes by founding
fathers and the like. Moreover the authors of the quotes above the
horizontal line all appear on coins, and the authors below the
horizontal line all appear on paper money; within each group they're
arranged in alphabetical order. You rearrange everything to monetary
order, then "make change for escudo" by successively decrypting
ESCUDOthrough LISBON, ELBOWS, ..., SAFELY, KVETCH.
The intial letters
of the words spell ELEVENTHANSK, so the answer is KVETCH, the 11th
decrypted answer.
In full gory detail:
Abraham Lincoln (1¢)
---------------
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this
continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created equal.
Decrypt ESCUDO to LISBON
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iuptjwxksvyeaodlbfcmgqzhnr
wdgfcpdfj iot cjqjo njifc ixd dgf wimkjfc ufdgxkm wdfmk do mksc
pdomsojom i ojz oimsdo, pdopjsqjt so esujfmn iot tjtspimjt md mkj
lfdldcsmsdo mkim iee ajo ifj pfjimjt jbgie.
Thomas Jefferson (5¢)
----------------
A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every
government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government
should
refuse, or rest on inference.
decyrpt LISBON to ELBOWS
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
rshxlpydugzicebqaknwfjomtv
r suii bp kuydwn un odrw wdl qlbqil rkl lewuwilx wb ryruenw ljlkt
ybjlkeclew be lrkwd, ylelkri bk qrkwuhfirk, rex odrw eb gfnw ybjlkeclew
ndbfix
klpfnl, bk klnw be ueplklehl.
Franklin D Roosevelt (10¢)
--------------------
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance
of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who
have too little.
decrypt ELBOWS to VIOLET
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
driuwqctlnhogybmajzsxekfvp
stw swzs bq bxj mjbcjwzz lz ybs ktwstwj kw duu gbjw sb stw drxyudyiw
bq stbzw ktb tdew gxit; ls lz ktwstwj kw mjbeluw wybxct qbj stbzw ktb
tdew sbb olssow.
George Washington (25¢)
-----------------
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire,
a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should
it be left to irresponsible action.
decrypt VIOLET to ECLAIR
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
lriqvymfepuozbjwdthxsakgnc
mjavtbzvbx eh bjx tvlhjb, ex eh bjx vojdsvbiv, ex eh yjtiv; oeuv yetv,
l xtjsrovhjzv hvtalbx lbq l yvltyso zlhxvt. bvavt yjt l zjzvbx hfjsoq
ex rv ovyx xj ettvhwjbherov lixejb.
John F Kennedy (50¢)
--------------
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you;
ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world:
ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for
the freedom of man.
decrypt ECLAIR to NICKEL
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
holwinypcvaruebkszxdmqfjgt
hew xb, ug nirrbf huizclhex, hxa ebd fphd gbmz lbmedzg lhe wb nbz gbm;
hxa fphd gbm lhe wb nbz gbmz lbmedzg. ug nirrbf lcdctiex bn dpi fbzrw:
hxa ebd fphd huizclh fcrr wb nbz gbm, omd fphd dbyidpiz fi lhe wb nbz
dpi nziiwbu bn uhe.
George Washington ($1)
-----------------
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be
led, like sheep to the slaughter.
decrypt NICKEL to TURNIP
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
hzpbvrwteduqykflmcgnixsaoj
er ntv rcvvbfy fr glvvpt eg nhuvk hsho ntvk biyz hkb geqvkn sv yho zv
qvb, qeuv gtvvl nf ntv gqhiwtnvc.
Abraham Lincoln ($5)
---------------
The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the
sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces
him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty.
decrypt TURNIP to HECTOR
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
kcrquoltwsfhdzixbpvnmyagje
ntu vtuxtupq qpwyuv ntu aiho opid ntu vtuux'v ntpikn, oip atwrt ntu
vtuux ntkzfv ntu vtuxtupq kv twv hwcupknip, atwhu ntu aiho quzimzruv
twd oip ntu vkdu krn kv ntu quvnpijup io hwcupnj.
Alexander Hamilton ($10)
------------------
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men
the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the
government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it
to control itself.
decrypt HECTOR to ABIDES
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
heltosvkcqudxaizfnrwjympgb
ca snhxcav h viyonaxoaw mkclk cr wi eo htxcacrwonot eg xoa iyon xoa
wko vnohw tcsscljdwg dcor ca wkcr: gij xjrw scnrw oahedo wko
viyonaxoaw wi liawnid wko viyonaot, hat ca wko aopw zdhlo, iedcvo cw
wi liawnid cwrods.
Andrew Jackson ($20)
--------------
As long as our government is administered for the good of the people,
and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights
of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it
will be worth defending.
decrypt ABIDES to NEBULA
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
sihtblpokqgevaynxfuwdjzrmc
su eyap su ydf pyjbfavbaw ku stvkakuwbfbt lyf wob pyyt yl wob nbyneb,
sat ku fbpdeswbt im wobkf zkee; su eyap su kw ubhdfbu wy du wob fkpowu
yl nbfuyau sat yl nfynbfwm, ekibfwm yl hyauhkbahb sat yl wob nfbuu, kw
zkee ib zyfwo tblbatkap.
Ulysses S Grant ($50)
---------------
Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the
private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the
church and state forever separate.
decrypt NEBULA to SAFELY
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
eisvubzrfotlywdcgknpjxhqam
luexu pru yeppuk db kulfzfdw pd pru beyfla elpek, pru srjksr, ewv pru
ckfxepu nsrddl, njccdkpuv uwpfkula ia ckfxepu sdwpkfijpfdwn. tuuc pru
srjksr ewv npepu bdkuxuk nucekepu.
Benjamin Franklin ($100)
-----------------
God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge
of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that
a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: This
is my country.
decrypt SAFELY to KVETCH, the answer
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czlofkvywnsqxbgduhjemaritp
vgo vhcbe eyce bge gbqt eyf qgaf gk qwzfhet zme c eyghgmvy sbgrqfovf
gk eyf hwvyej gk xcb xct dfhacof cqq eyf bcewgbj gk eyf fchey, jg eyce
c dywqgjgdyfh xct jfe ywj kgge cbtryfhf gb wej jmhkclf cbo jct: eywj
wj xt lgmbeht.