A Global History of Currencies

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This book provides a history of currencies for each currency-issuing country or territory on Earth. Sections offer details about coins and banknotes, along with brief histories to help contextualize changes in a region's or nation's currency over time. Covering different eras, the book explores how global trade, economic policies, and geopolitical changes have influenced currency systems.

A Global History of Currencies includes information to help researchers, economists, and history enthusiasts understand how money has shaped economies and civilizations over centuries. The organization of the book is both chronological and regional, making it easy for readers to explore how currency development differs across time periods and locations.

Includes monetary data and reporting for more than 261 nations Contextualizes the influence of global trade, economic policies, and geopolitical changes on individual currencies Provides a comprehensive account of the evolution of money

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Bryan Taylor is Chief Economist of Finaeon, Inc., previously known as Global Financial Data (GFD). He received his PhD in economics from Claremont Graduate University. Taylor has taught economics and finance at multiple universities. In 1990, he began building what became the Global Financial Database, a long-horizon repository created by collecting, transcribing, and harmonizing financial and economic data from historical archives worldwide. He is based in Irvine, California.

With contributions from Michelle Suzanne Kangas , CEO of Finaeon, Inc., a financial data company. Kangas and Taylor co-founded Global Financial Data in the mid-1990s and built a proprietary financial data platform serving analysts and researchers across academia, investment firms, and industry. She is based in San Clemente, California.

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A Finaeon Guide Powered by GFD

This book provides a history of currencies for each currency-issuing country or territory on Earth. Sections offer details about coins and banknotes, along with brief histories to help contextualize changes in a region's or nation's currency over time. Covering different eras, the book explores how global trade, economic policies, and geopolitical changes have influenced currency systems.

A Global History of Currencies includes information to help researchers, economists, and history enthusiasts understand how money has shaped economies and civilizations over centuries. The organization of the book is both chronological and regional, making it easy for readers to explore how currency development differs across time periods and locations.

Zusammenfassung

A Finaeon Guide Powered by GFD

This book provides a history of currencies for each currency-issuing country or territory on Earth. Sections offer details about coins and banknotes, along with brief histories to help contextualize changes in a region's or nation's currency over time. Covering different eras, the book explores how global trade, economic policies, and geopolitical changes have influenced currency systems.

A Global History of Currencies includes information to help researchers, economists, and history enthusiasts understand how money has shaped economies and civilizations over centuries. The organization of the book is both chronological and regional, making it easy for readers to explore how currency development differs across time periods and locations.

Inhalt

Introduction.- When is Money Money?.- When is a Currency a Currency?.- What is a Monetary System?.- When is Money Legal Tender?.- Currency History Descriptions.- Currency Histories.- Afghanistan.- Albania.- Algeria.- American Samoa.- Andorra.- Angola.- Anguilla.- Antigua and Barbuda.- Argentina.- Armenia.- Aruba.- Australia.- Austria.- Azerbaijan.- Azores.- Bahamas.- Bahrain.- Bangladesh.- Barbados.- Belarus.- Belgium.- Belize.- Benin.- Bermuda.- Bhutan.- Bolivia.- Bosnia-Herzegovina.- Botswana.- Brazil.- British Indian Ocean Territories.- Brunei Darussalem.- Bukhara.- Bulgaria.- Burkina Faso.- Burundi.- Cambodia.- Cameroon.- Canada.- Cape Verde.- Cayman Islands.- Central African Republic.- Cental American Federal Republic.- Chad.- Chile.- China.- Christmas Island.- Cocos (Keeling) Islands.- Colombia.- Comoros.- Confederate States of America.- Congo Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa).- Congo Republic of the (Brazzaville).- Cook Islands.- Costa Rica.- Côte d'Ivoire.- Croatia.- Cuba.- Cyprus.- Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic.- Danzig.- Denmark.- Djibouti.- Dominica.- Dominican Republic.- East African Currency Board.- East Caribbean States.- Ecuador.- Egypt.- El Salvador.- Equatorial Guinea.- Eritrea.- Estonia.- Eswatini.- Ethiopia.- Europe.- Faroe Islands.- Falkland Islands.- Fiji.- Finland.- Fiume.- France.- Franc Communauté Financière Africaine (CFA).- French Guiana.- French India.- French Polynesia.- French Southern Territories.- Gabon.- Gambia The.- Georgia.- Germany.- Ghana.- Gibraltar.- Greece.- Greenland.- Grenada.- Guadeloupe.- Guam.- Guatemala.- Guernsey.- Guinea.- Guinea-Bissau.- Guyana.- Haiti.- Hawaii.- Heard and MacDonald Islands.- Honduras.- Hong Kong.- Hungary.- Iceland.- India.- Indonesia.- International Monetary Fund.- Iran.- Iraq.- Ireland.- Isle of Man.- Israel.- Italy.- Jamaica.- Japan.- Jersey.- Johnston Islands.- Jordan.- Kazakhstan.- Kenya.- Khiva.- Kirabati.- Korea.- Kosovo.- Kuwait.- Kyrgyzstan.- Laos.- Latvia.- Lebanon.- Lesotho.- Liberia.- Libya.- Liechtenstein.- Lithuania.- Luxembourg.- Macau.- Madagascar.- Madeira Islands.- Malawi.- Malaysia.- Maldive Islands.- Mali.- Malta.- Marshall Islands.- Martinique.- Mauritania.- Mauritius.- Mayotte.- Memel.- Mexico.- Micronesia Federated States of.- Moldova.- Monaco.- Mongolia.- Montenegro.- Montserrat.- Morocco.- Mozambique.- Myanmar.- Namibia.- Nauru.- Nepal.- Netherlands.- Netherlands Antilles.- New Caledonia.- New Zealand.- Newfoundland.- Nicaragua.- Niger.- Nigeria.- North Macedonia.- Northern Mariana Islands.- Norway.- Oman.- Pakistan.- Palau.- Palestine.- Panama.- Papua New Guinea.- Paraguay.- Peru.- Philippines.- Poland.- Portugal.- Pridnestrovian.- Moldovian Republic (Transnistria).- Puerto Rico.- Qatar.- Reunion.- Romania.- Russia.- Rwanda.- Saar.- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.- St Helena.- St Kitts and Nevis.- St Lucia.- St Pierre and Miquelon.- St Vincent and the Grenadines.- Samoa (Western).- San Marino.- Sao Tome and Principe.- Saudi Arabia.- Scotland.- Sénégal.- Serbia.- Seychelles.- Sierra Leone.- Singapore.- Slovakia.- Slovenia.- Solomon Islands.- Somalia.- Somaliland.- South Africa.- South Sudan.- Spain.- Sri Lanka.- Sudan The.- Suriname.- Sweden.- Switzerland.- Syria.- Taiwan.- Tajikistan.- Tannu Tuva.- Tanzania.- Texas.- Thailand.- Tibet.- Timor.- este.- Togo.- Tonga.- Transcaucasian Federal Republic.- Trinidad and Tobago.- Tunisia.- Turkey.- Turkmenistan.- Turks and Caicos Islands.- Tuvalu.- Uganda.- Ukraine.- United Arab Emirates.- United Kingdom.- United States.- Uruguay.- Uzbekistan.- Vanuatu.- Vatican.- Venezuela.- Vietnam.- Virgin Islands (British).- Virgin Islands (United States).- Wallis and Futuna Islands.- Yemen.- Zambia.- Zimbabwe.- Appendices.- Appendix I ISO Codes.- Appendix II Country Codes.- Appendix III Currency Codes.- Appendix IV Global Currency Histories.- Appendix V Exchange Rates under the Gold Standard.- Appendix VI Interwar Exchange Rates.- Appendix VII Bretton Woods Exchange Rates.- Bibliography.