Money; The currency of illusion is a short but brief understanding of the world reserve currency, the U.S Dollar. Take a dive into the origins of currency of great nations such as the Romans and their downfall. Fast forward to the 1970's where the start of Quantitative easing and trillion dollar deficits began. Looking at present day, we can see that history repeats itself where the U.S is unstable causing a collapse of its own currency.