@inbook{10.5149/9780807898413_taussig.11,
 ISBN = {9780807871331},
 URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807898413_taussig.11},
 abstract = {According to the belief inel bautizo del billete(baptism of the bill) in the southern Cauca Valley, the godparent-to-be conceals a peso note in his or her hand during the baptism of the child by the Catholic priest. The peso bill is thus believed to be baptized instead of the child. When this now baptized bill enters into general monetary circulation, it is believed that the bill will continually return to its owner, with interest, enriching the owner and impoverishing the other parties to the deals transacted by the owner of the bill. The owner is now the godparent},
 author = {Michael T. Taussig},
 booktitle = {The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America},
 pages = {126--140},
 publisher = {University of North Carolina Press},
 title = {The Baptism of Money and the Secret of Capital},
 year = {1980}
}