This is a special collection of exclusive articles written to explore the history of money and currency.
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| All About Commodity Money | The currencies we use today are known as fiat money – that is, they have no actual value. | |
| All About Currency Trading | Buying and selling is probably the world’s oldest profession. | |
| All About Exchange Rates And What They Mean | If you have ever been on holiday abroad you will know what exchange rates are all about, and how confusing they can be. | |
| All About Minting Coins | We’ve all heard of the process of minting coins, but what exactly is minting? | |
| Ancient Monetary Currencies | The dollar, the Euro, pounds sterling, the rouble, the yen, rupees, dinars, pesos and many more – those are the currencies we are familiar with today. | |
| Celtic Coins | Every coin collector has their own preferences when it comes to collecting coins. It is very true to say that coin collecting is a personal endeavour and everyone seems to be taken by a particular type of coin. | |
| Commemorative Coins | Coins have depicted all kinds of images and faces throughout the ages. | |
| Currencies In Times Of War | War is hard on everyone who is involved in it – whether you are one of the ones on the front line or someone at home who is waiting for a loved one’s return. | |
| Differences Between Modern And Ancient Currencies | While there are plenty of similarities between modern and ancient currencies (even though they are spread across hundreds and hundreds of years and civilisations) there are a lot of differences as well. | |
| Faces On Banknotes And Coins Through The Ages | In today’s modern world, most banknotes feature the faces of well known figures in that particular country. | |
| Famous Crimes Involving Money | There is no doubt that world currencies have changed remarkably over the centuries. | |
| Forged Currencies And Ways Of Preventing Them | As long as there are banknotes in circulation, there will be people who attempt to make forgeries of them. | |
| From New To Old – The Links Today’s Money Has With The Past | Money has come a long way since people first started bartering over goods and offering live animals in exchange for grain and wheat many hundreds of years ago. | |
| How Bartering Led To The Advent Of Money | Modern money has provided us with a very convenient way of paying for goods and services. | |
| Images Seen On Banknotes And Coins Through The Ages | One of the world’s most recent currencies – the Euro – is a perfect example of how a currency can reflect the country in which it is issued. | |
| Items Which Have Stood As Money Over The Years | We are very used to our shiny coins and small banknotes nowadays, which are tucked away neatly in our pockets, purses and wallets and hardly given a second thought until we need them to pay for something. | |
| Monetary Systems Through History | Just as some parts of the world of currencies change remarkably as time goes on, other parts hardly seem to change at all. | |
| Royalty Depicted On Coins | Many different people have had the honour of seeing their images represented on currencies over the years. | |
| The Advent Of Digital Currency – How Will It Change The World? | When currency first came into being, the idea that people would one day be able to pay for things without anything actually exchanging hands would have been laughed at. | |
| The Beginnings Of The Mighty Dollar | Most people today would agree that the strongest and best known currency in the whole world is the American dollar. | |
| The Future – A Single Global Currency? | Could it really happen? Could a single global currency really ever come into being? The concept is certainly a bold one, but there are many things to consider before the idea could ever become a reality. | |
| The History Of Currency Symbols And Signs | Most of us have gone online at some point or another to check on an exchange rate prior to going on holiday to a different country. | |
| The History Of Decimalisation And How It Affected Currencies | If you talk to someone who is old enough to remember what the world of money was like before decimalisation, it’s very likely that they will roll their eyes at the memory of having to get used to a whole new way of thinking about money. | |
| The History Of Paper Money | When we receive a banknote in our change today we hardly give it a second thought. | |
| The History Of Sterling | In the huge landscape of Europe, there are just a handful of countries that are standing firm in their resolve not to join the mighty Euro, which has single handedly swept away many of Europe’s longest standing currencies, making them nothing but a distant memory now. | |
| The History Of The Yen | If you go onto any website that allows you to check out the exchange rates between countries, you will see that the Japanese yen is one of the world’s major currencies, standing alongside such giants as the United States dollar, the British pound and the relatively new Euro. | |
| The Impact Of Inflation On Currencies Through The Years | If you have ever listened to the news you will know that inflation is generally viewed as a horrible word. But what does it mean and how does it affect you? | |
| The Ins And Outs Of Numismatics | It is unquestionably human nature that causes us to study everything around us, and that is certainly true in the case of currency. | |
| The Issue Of Money Supply | Most of us have at least a rough idea of how much money we have in our bank accounts, and probably in our pockets as well. We know how much cash we have saved up. | |
| The Majestic Coins Of China | The coinage of China is capable of taking us back on a remarkable journey. | |
| The Short History And Large Impact Of The Euro | Three hundred and twenty million people throughout Europe use the Euro as their currency, with still more yet to adopt it in the future. | |
| The Strange Parallel World Of Fictional Currencies | There are times when real money just won’t do the job. Just as various different currencies have their place in our everyday world, so they also have their place in works of fiction too. | |
| The World Of Private Currencies | You may not realise it at first, but there are actually a number of different currencies circulating in the world today. | |
| What Is Fiat Money? | Do you have any coins in your pocket? Take them out and look at them for a moment. | |
| What Is Wampum? | The history of money and currency is a long and convoluted one. | |
| What Was The Gold Standard? | Gold is a valuable commodity everywhere on earth. It has always been that way, and since we cannot replicate it by any means – we simply have to keep looking for more of it which lies hidden in the earth – its value has never come into question. | |
| When Currencies Change – Examples Through The Years | Put your hand into your pocket and take out any coins or notes you have in there. They look nice and familiar don’t they? | |
| Why And How Metal Was Used To Make Coins | We are more than familiar with the coins that are in existence today, but while their shape hasn’t changed very much over the centuries since they first came into play, their value, appearance and size has. | |
| Why Do Certain Coins And Banknotes Become Redundant? | People in Britain who are of a certain age will no doubt remember the old halfpenny – a tiny coin which almost seemed lighter than a feather, and was the smallest of all the coins in circulation at that time. | |
| Why Money Is No Longer Worth What It Used To Be | We’ve come a long way in the world since we first started trading cattle for sacks of grain back in the very old days. | |
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