War and Money

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War breaks monetary systems. And it often builds new ones. The way they break and the way they are built look remarkably alike.

431–404 BC　The Peloponnesian War 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
404 BC　The Decline of Athens 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
52 BC　Alesia 　France
1806–1813　A Channel port 　The Rothschild family (Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna, Naples)
1814　British Army Commissariat Headquarters 　Rothschild family (Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna, Naples)
1814–1815　From the Peninsula to Belgium 　Rothschild family (Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna, Naples)
1821　Naples 　Rothschild family (Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna, Naples)
1955　Various locations in Europe 　The Rothschild family (Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna, Naples)
113 BC　The imperial park: the three offices of Shanglin 　China
209 BC　Carthago Nova 　Spain
about 211 BC　From the silver mines of Hispania to Rome 　Spain
80–72 BC　Osca (Bolskan) 　Spain
about 211 BC　The mint of Rome 　Italy
218 BC　From Saguntum to the Alps 　Spain
237 BC　Gadir, the shore of the landing 　Spain
the 5th–3rd centuries BC　The mint of Emporion 　Spain
413 BC　The Fort of Decelea 　Greece
5th century BC　Mineshafts of Laurion 　Greece
483/2 BCE　The rostrum of the Assembly 　Greece
July 672　The Fuwa Road, Mino Province 　Japan
the 10th–11th centuries　The Meseta, about the frontier 　Spain
1160–1230　A courtyard where old paper is burned 　China
1295–1314　The mint of Paris 　France
1337–about 1350　The royal mint, Paris in winter 　France
from 1337　A Florentine merchant house 　Britain
1337–1453　The Parliament at Westminster 　Britain
1340–1360　Upon the waters of the Channel 　Britain
the 1340s　Florence 　Britain
the 1340s　The court of London 　Italy
the 14th century　A wool export port 　Britain
the 14th century　The low country, a mint at night 　Netherlands
the earlier 14th century　The head office in Florence 　Italy
1360　The autumn plain of Brétigny 　France
1439–1453　A merchant's mansion, Bourges in summer 　France
1455–1485　An English battlefield 　Britain
1492　Granada, the hill of the Alhambra 　Spain
1492　Before the royal treasury 　Spain
1492　The royal treasure-house 　Spain
1519–1521　Tenochtitlan 　Mexico
1527　A street in Rome 　Italy
1544　The Tudor court 　Britain
the later 16th century　Seville, the silver quay 　Spain
the earlier 16th century　Flanders, a banker's counting-table 　Spain
1559　The low country, a cathedral 　Netherlands
1562–1598　France in civil war 　France
August 1566　Western Flanders, a church 　Netherlands
May 1568　Heiligerlee 　Netherlands
1568　A mercenary camp, the Low Countries 　Netherlands
1 April 1572　Den Briel 　Netherlands
1572–1573　Haarlem and Alkmaar 　Netherlands
1574　Leiden 　Netherlands
from 1575　A harbour in the Low Countries 　Netherlands
1576　Antwerp 　Spain
1578–90　Treasury Council Chamber 　Turkey
1580–1640　A tax office in Lisbon 　Portugal
August 1585　Antwerp 　Netherlands
1585–1589　The mouth of the Scheldt 　Netherlands
1588　The Atlantic, the route of the armada 　Spain
1618–1648　A village the war has passed through 　Germany
1618　The empire under the clouds of war 　Germany
1619–1623　The changers' counters of the territories 　Germany
1621　The West India House, Amsterdam 　Netherlands
From 1621　Money changer's table 　Austria
circa 1622　Military camp 　Austria
about 1623　The territories moving toward a settlement 　Germany
1624–1643　The winter supply-lines and the minister's cabinet 　France
1629　The siege lines before 's-Hertogenbosch 　Netherlands
the 1640s　Newark under siege 　Britain
1642–1650　The ledger room of the Palais-Royal 　France
1642　England in civil war 　Britain
1648　The hall of the Peace of Westphalia 　Germany
1649–1653　Besieged Paris and the shelves of the auction 　France
the later 17th century　A highway along the borders of the territories 　Germany
the earlier 17th century　The seas of the East Indies 　Portugal
the earlier 17th century　A sugar mill at Recife 　Portugal
16th–17th century　Veracruz 　Mexico
1651　London and the North Sea 　Netherlands
1654　Moscow 　Russia
1655　Moscow 　Russia
1661–1715　Versailles and the battlefield 　France
1664–1667　The Medway, England 　Netherlands
1672　The Hague and the water line 　Netherlands
1689　Versailles and the mint by night 　France
from 1689　The City of London 　Netherlands
the 1690s　London after the Glorious Revolution 　Britain
from 1690　The assembly of a colonial government 　United States
AD 1694　The Bank of England 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
from 1694　England in wartime 　Britain
1700–1715　The gardens of Marly 　France
1700　Madrid, the royal palace 　Spain
1704–1725　Moscow 　Russia
1707–1716　Barcelona 　Spain
1709–1715　The bedchamber at Versailles 　France
1713　Utrecht, the table of the peace 　Spain
1713　Utrecht 　Netherlands
1741　Vienna 　Austria
1745–1774　The palace of Versailles 　France
the earlier 18th century　Northern Germany, a Prussian parade ground 　Germany
Late 18th to early 19th century　Port of Hydra Island 　Greece
1756–1763　The naval port of Brest 　France
1756–1763　A camp of the Seven Years' War 　Germany
1756–1763　A mint let out on contract 　Germany
1762　Vienna City Bank 　Austria
1762　Vienna and Petersburg 　Austria
from 1763　A market returning to peacetime 　Germany
1763 and 1772　Amsterdam and Hamburg 　Netherlands
1768–1792　Saint Petersburg 　Russia
1769　Saint Petersburg 　Russia
1774–1776　The office of the Controller-General 　France
1775　Lexington 　United States
1775　The chamber of the Continental Congress 　United States
June 1775　Philadelphia, the Continental Congress 　United States
1775–1779　The statehouses and printing shops of the states 　United States
1775–1779　New York, under British occupation 　United States
1777–1781　A banker's office in Paris 　France
1778–1783　The finance office at Versailles 　France
1779–1781　The camp of the Continental Army 　United States
1779–1781　Pensacola, the Gulf coast 　Spain
1780–1789　The royal treasury office, Versailles 　France
1780–1784　Sint Eustatius, the Caribbean 　Netherlands
1781　The printing houses and bookshops of Paris 　France
from 1781　The states after the fighting has passed 　United States
1781　The port of Havana 　Spain
1782　Madrid, the Bank of San Carlos 　Spain
1790　The office of the Secretary of the Treasury 　United States
From 1792　Vienna 　Austria
1793–1804　New Spain 　Spain
1797　London, the Bank of England 　Britain
1805–1812　The headquarters in occupied territory 　France
1806–1812　The occupied German states 　France
1806–1814　A port under the Continental Blockade 　France
1806–1810　The court of the Kingdom of Holland 　Netherlands
1808–1814　Cádiz, a port town under siege 　Spain
1810　Dolores 　Mexico
1810　Various locations 　Mexico
from 1812　The United States in wartime 　United States
1816　Philadelphia 　United States
From 1821　Camps of the War of Independence 　Greece
1824–　Throughout Mexico 　Mexico
1824–　Northern Border 　Mexico
1828　Washington 　United States
1828　Provisional government building 　Greece
from 1833　Madrid, the treasury of the kingdom 　Spain
1837 and 1857　A port town in the panic 　United States
the 19th century　Bonds and War 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
the end of the 19th century　A tavern on the corner 　Spain
the beginning of the 19th century　The high road to Lisbon 　Portugal
Second half of the 19th century　A meeting room in the Treasury 　Turkey
1853　Saint Petersburg 　Russia
1854　The Contract Chamber 　Turkey
1856　An office in London 　Turkey
1861　The camp of the North 　United States
1862　Washington, the federal Congress 　United States
1863–1874　Nagato, Shimonoseki 　Japan
1865　The defeated South 　United States
1865–1879　Upon the Atlantic 　United States
1866　A chancellery in Florence 　Italy
1866　Battlefield in Bohemia 　Austria
1868　Kyoto, the Dajokan 　Japan
1868–1910　Bank exchange counter 　Greece
the 1870s　The horizon of the West 　United States
1871　The public-loan subscription office, Paris 　France
1871–1873　The public-loan subscription office, Paris 　France
1871　A unified Germany 　Germany
from 1871　Reparations crossing the border 　Germany
1871–1873　The Berlin exchange 　Germany
1873　The mints of Berlin and Paris 　France
1873–1914　The Banque de France, the convertibility window 　France
1873–1910　Various locations 　Mexico
19 March 1874　Madrid, the Bank of Spain 　Spain
1876–1879　castle towns across the country 　Japan
1877　Tokyo, the Paper Money Bureau 　Japan
1877　Higo, Tabaruzaka 　Japan
1880s–90s　Headquarters of the Administration 　Turkey
1882–1899　Tokyo, the Bank of Japan 　Japan
1884　Musashi, Chichibu 　Japan
1894–1895　Tokyo, the Finance Ministry 　Japan
1894–1945　the outer territories 　Japan
1895　Shimonoseki, London 　Japan
1895–1897　London, the City 　Japan
1897–1904　London 　Japan
1898　The Commission's offices in Athens 　Greece
1900　The United States of America 　United States
1905　Tokyo, Hibiya 　Japan
the 1910s　A bank counter in Lisbon 　Portugal
AD 1914–1923　The Banknotes of Weimar 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
1914–1920　the Port of Kobe 　Japan
1914–1967　The treaty shelf, and the mint of Switzerland 　France
August 1914　London 　Britain
1914–1918　London, the Treasury 　Britain
1914–1918　Both shores of the Atlantic 　Britain
1914　The counter of the Reichsbank 　Germany
1914–1918　The war-bond subscription counter 　Germany
1914–1918　Berlin in wartime 　Germany
from 1914　Across the Atlantic, America 　United States
1914　Vienna 　Austria
1914–18　At the bank counter 　Austria
1914　A Street in Istanbul 　Turkey
1914　The boardroom of the Imperial Ottoman Bank 　Turkey
1915–1918　The public-loan office, Paris 　France
1915–18　Behind the front lines 　Italy
1917–1919　The negotiating chamber at Versailles 　France
1918　Toyama, Kobe 　Japan
1918　Berlin, a city of defeat 　Germany
1918–1922　The press and the chamber, a country in dispute 　Germany
1918–1951　Hyderabad 　India
1919　The market of Turin 　Italy
February 1919　Czechoslovakia 　Austria
1921　London, the conference chamber 　Germany
January 1923　The Ruhr industrial region 　Germany
1923　The Ruhr, a colliery at a standstill 　Germany
1927　Kobe, Taipei 　Japan
1935–1937　The room where the currency is managed 　China
1937　A town on the republican side 　Spain
from 1937　A city in wartime 　China
1937–1945　A night of running printing presses 　China
1937-1945　Place of Issue 　Korea
1938–1944　across Japan 　Japan
1940–1944　Paris under occupation 　France
1940–1944　The mint under the Vichy regime 　France
May 1940　Under occupation, the desk of the clearing account 　Netherlands
1941　The mint under occupation 　Netherlands
From 1941　Athens under occupation 　Greece
May 1941　The Bank of Greece printing works 　Greece
July 1941　Rationing station in the city 　Greece
1942–1953　A town on Java in the rainy season 　Netherlands
July 1943　The beach at Gela 　Italy
1943–45　A market in the occupied zone 　Italy
1943–1944　Black market for currency exchange 　Greece
1944　The conference hall at Bretton Woods 　Britain
July 1944　New Hampshire, the Mount Washington Hotel 　United States
1945　A city reduced to rubble 　Germany
September 1945　A liberated town, the ration counter 　Netherlands
1945　A bank counter, the autumn of declarations 　Netherlands
1945　Post-war Vienna 　Austria
1945　Counters in Occupied Territory 　Austria
August 14, 1945　On the books 　Korea
December 1947　Various locations 　Russia
Winter 1947　Vienna and Moscow 　Austria
20 June 1948　The exchange counter in the western occupation zones 　Germany
June 1948　A market in the western occupation zones 　Germany
1948　The office of the occupation government 　Germany
June 1948　A shopping street in the western occupation zones 　Germany
1948　The border with the Soviet occupation zone 　Germany
1948–1949　Berlin under blockade 　Germany
1948–1949　Berlin, the border between east and west 　Germany
June 12, 1950　Bank of Korea Headquarters 　South Korea
1950　In the occupied city 　South Korea
1950–1953　A Market in Busan 　South Korea
1961–1974　The front lines in Africa 　Portugal
1962–1966　China and Pakistan 　India
1974　A street in Lisbon 　Portugal
the present day　The dollar settlement network 　United States

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