Nominal and Real

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A silver coin with “two shu” written on its face. The metal is silver, yet its value is fixed in units of gold. Here lies the secret of money.

1. 2nd century BC　The Kingdom of Pergamon 　Greece
2. about 214　The mint of Rome 　Italy
3. AD 215　Caracalla's Watering-Down 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
4. 216 BC　The field of Cannae 　Italy
5. the 1st–3rd centuries　An imperial mint 　France
6. the 5th–3rd centuries BC　The capital of Chu: a table with scales 　China
7. the 4th–3rd centuries BC　A table of scales and weights 　China
8. 10–14　A table lined with denominations 　China
9. Circa 3rd century BCE　The mint 　India
10. Circa 296 AD　Alexandria Mint 　Greece
11. Circa 296 AD　A market in the eastern Empire 　Greece
12. Circa 525–515 BC　The Minting Site 　Greece
13. June 672　Owari Province 　Japan
14. the 9th century　On the ledger 　Italy
15. the 9th–10th centuries　Pavia, Lucca, Rome 　Italy
16. 4th–11th centuries　The Imperial Scales 　Greece
17. the 13th century　The Île de la Cité, Paris 　France
18. the 13th century　A market where prices rise 　China
19. 1260–1276　A vault stacked with silver for redemption 　China
20. 1279　The London mint 　Britain
21. 1290　An English port 　Britain
22. 1325–1326　Kenchoji, Kamakura 　Japan
23. c. 1329–1330　Delhi 　India
24. c. 1329–1330　Military Treasury 　India
25. Circa 1329–1330　The King's Decision 　India
26. 1344　The London mint 　Britain
27. the 14th century　The low country, a mint at night 　Netherlands
28. 1360　The autumn plain of Brétigny 　France
29. 1375　The printing works of the Ming baochao 　China
30. 1415　The walls of Ceuta 　Portugal
31. 1423　Government office counter 　South Korea
32. the end of the 15th century　A Castilian counting-table 　Spain
33. the 14th–15th centuries　The counting-table of a money-changer 　Netherlands
34. the 15th century　A shopfront where paper won't pass 　China
35. the 14th–15th centuries　The counting desk of a trading house 　Italy
36. 1521–1543　The seventeen provinces, upon the ledger 　Netherlands
37. 1536–　Mexico City Mint 　Mexico
38. the 15th–16th centuries　A merchant's table weighing silver 　China
39. 16th Century　Treasury Archives 　Turkey
40. the 1570s–1582　Azuchi and Kyoto 　Japan
41. from 1602　The East India House, Amsterdam 　Netherlands
42. 1619–1623　A town of soaring prices 　Germany
43. 1621　The West India House, Amsterdam 　Netherlands
44. 1621–1623　Marketplace 　Austria
45. the 17th century　The canal streets of Amsterdam 　Netherlands
46. the 15th–17th centuries　Face values that survive only in ledgers 　China
47. 17th century　At a money changer's shop 　India
48. 1655　Moscow 　Russia
49. 1661–1715　Versailles and the battlefield 　France
50. 1663　Moscow 　Russia
51. 1663　Moscow 　Russia
52. 1683–1715　The Paris mint 　France
53. 1696　The mint in the Tower of London 　Britain
54. 1701–1710　A winter village and the mint 　France
55. 1725　Yekaterinburg 　Russia
56. 1725　Sweden 　Russia
57. the earlier 18th century　Northern Germany, a Prussian parade ground 　Germany
58. the 18th century　The mint of Rio de Janeiro 　Portugal
59. the later 18th century　A bank counter in Lisbon 　Portugal
60. 1772　Edo 　Japan
61. 1779–1780　A market during the War of Independence 　United States
62. 1780　Madrid 　Spain
63. 1789–1790　A print shop, Paris 　France
64. 1793–1804　New Spain 　Spain
65. 1795　A street corner, Paris 　France
66. 1820–1850　A shopfront counting copper coins 　China
67. 1824–1825　London Stock Exchange 　Greece
68. 1828　Saint Petersburg 　Russia
69. 1834–1838　The counting-table of a German merchant house 　Germany
70. 1835　the gold mint, Edo 　Japan
71. 1835　Coin face 　India
72. 1840s–50s　A market stall 　Turkey
73. 1841　The head office in Athens 　Greece
74. the middle of the 19th century　Places of trade across America 　United States
75. the end of the 19th century　The town market 　Spain
76. the 16th–19th centuries　A place where silver is cast into ingots 　China
77. the 16th–19th centuries　A table of scales and weights 　China
78. Middle Ages–19th century　In the account books 　Austria
79. Mid-19th century　Market 　Korea
80. 1854–75　The treasury's accounting office 　Turkey
81. 1858　Shimoda, the American consulate 　Japan
82. 1861　First note 　India
83. 1861　The Scene of Daily Cash 　India
84. 1864–1897　Mexico City Mint 　Mexico
85. 1865–1867　Gyeongbok Palace Construction Site 　Korea
86. November 1866　A mint in Hanseong 　Korea
87. 1866　On the scales 　South Korea
88. 1866　Counting house 　South Korea
89. 1867-1874　The Port Warehouse 　Korea
90. 1868　Kyoto, the Dajokan 　Japan
91. 1868–1869　Edo, the Kinza 　Japan
92. 1868　Kyoto 　Japan
93. 1869–1871　Tokyo, Takanawa 　Japan
94. 1870–1878　The mints of the union's countries 　France
95. 1870s　Vienna 　Austria
96. 1881　In the account books 　Turkey
97. 1892–1904　Jeonhwanguk 　Korea
98. 1894–1904　Government office 　Korea
99. 1897　The Mint 　Russia
100. 1904–1905　Advisor's Desk 　Korea
101. 1910–1914　Chihuahua 　Mexico
102. From 1911　Face 　South Korea
103. 1914–1918　Both shores of the Atlantic 　Britain
104. 1915–1918　The public-loan office, Paris 　France
105. 1922　The exchange window 　Greece
106. 1923　The print works, the digits multiplying 　Germany
107. December 5, 1927　At the bank counter 　Turkey
108. May 1940　Under occupation, the desk of the clearing account 　Netherlands
109. 1944　London, the desk of the government in exile 　Netherlands
110. November 1944　Printing Bureau 　Greece
111. 1945　A city reduced to rubble 　Germany
112. 1945–1948　A shop lined with large-denomination paper 　China
113. 1948–1955　The first notes off the press 　China
114. the earlier 20th century　A bank in Luanda 　Portugal
115. 1960　A French shop 　France
116. 1961–1991　Various locations 　Russia
117. 1970s–1990s　Between the bank and the kye 　South Korea
118. 1972　The Mint 　South Korea
119. 1989–present　Wiener Musikverein 　Austria
120. 1999　Frankfurt 　Germany
121. 1 January 1999　Upon the ledgers, at the turn of the year 　Netherlands
122. 2000–01　Design room for the new banknotes 　Turkey
123. 2000–2001　The Council's meeting room 　Greece
124. 2001　At the bank counter 　Turkey
125. June 23, 2009　In circulation 　South Korea
126. 2010–2018　Brussels 　Greece
127. February 2022　The vaults of various countries 　Russia

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