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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def create_ledger(self, currency, description=None):
 """Create a ledger """

        arguments = {'currency': currency,
                     'description': description}
        return self.do_req('POST',
                           self.merchant_api_base_url + '/ledger/', arguments).json()