International Currency

19 routes · 150 stops

One country’s coin becomes another country’s money. It happens even when the issuer does not want it, and fails to happen when it does.

550 BC　The Greek City-States 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
480 BC　The Silver Mines of Laurion 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
170 BC　Bactria 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
the remotest antiquity　Around the World 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
1872　New York 　The Rothschild family (Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna, Naples)
1846–1913　A page from the pamphlet 　The Rothschild family (Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna, Naples)
1931　Vienna 　Rothschild family (Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna, Naples)
the 3rd century　The Kingdom of Aksum 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
3rd century BC　Mint of Antioch 　Greece
Middle Ages　At the End of the Trade Routes 　Greece
336–323 BC　The Empire's Money-Changing Table 　Greece
6th century BC　A money changer's table in Aegina 　Greece
AD 621　Tang · Chang'an 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
Late 7th to 6th century BCE　The port of Miletus 　Greece
from the 8th century to the present　The forests and rivers of Germany 　Germany
the 8th century BC　The coast of southern Italy 　Italy
the 8th–9th centuries　A port where salt and tea gather 　China
the end of the 11th century–1179　The Port of Hakata 　Japan
1066　The south coast of England 　Britain
1092–　Markets of the Empire 　Greece
the 12th–13th centuries　Almohad al-Andalus 　Spain
the 12th–13th centuries　Flanders, a weaver's workshop 　Netherlands
1252　Florence, on the bank of the Arno 　Netherlands
From 1284　Aegean port 　Greece
the 13th–14th centuries　The pastures of England 　Britain
from 1408　A minting workshop in Ming China 　Japan
the 15th century　The Aztec Empire 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
the 13th–15th centuries　A baker's shopfront 　Italy
1499　Antwerp, a quay on the Scheldt 　Netherlands
1521–1543　The seventeen provinces, upon the ledger 　Netherlands
From 1536　Mexico City Mint 　Mexico
1537–1538　Mexico City Mint 　Mexico
from 1545　The silver mountain of Potosí 　China
the 16th century　The Silver Economy of Ming 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
the 16th century　The Gold That Was Melted Down 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
the 16th century　The Iwami Silver Mine 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
the end of the 16th century–the beginning of the 17th century　the East China Sea 　Japan
from the 16th century　From a Bohemian valley to the seas of the world 　Germany
the 16th century　The silver mines of central Europe 　Netherlands
the earlier 16th century　Antwerp, the table of a merchant house 　Netherlands
Until the early 16th century　Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco 　Mexico
Around 1550–1600　England 　Austria
16th century–　The World's Seas 　Austria
From 1565　Pacific Ocean 　Mexico
AD 1570　Eight Reales 　Overview: 2,700 years of the world
from 1575　The North Sea, out toward the open water 　Netherlands
From 1581　Acapulco 　Mexico
from 1586 to the present day　The gold workshop of the mint 　Netherlands
1602　Amsterdam 　Netherlands
1606　A money-changer's counter, Amsterdam 　Netherlands
1609　The town hall of Amsterdam 　Netherlands
1609–1683　The vault beneath the Amsterdam town hall 　Netherlands
1626　The southern tip of Manhattan Island 　Netherlands
from the 17th century　Edo and Osaka 　Japan
the end of the 17th century　The Netherlands and London 　Britain
the 16th–17th centuries　The markets of the world's ports 　Spain
the 17th century　The harbour of Amsterdam 　Netherlands
the 17th century　A height above the harbour of Amsterdam 　Netherlands
the 17th century　A Levantine port, the eastern Mediterranean 　Netherlands
16th–17th centuries　Subcontinent 　India
1659　A mint of the Republic 　Netherlands
1664　The road along the wall, New Amsterdam 　Netherlands
from 1689　The City of London 　Netherlands
from 1690　The assembly of a colonial government 　United States
1732–1792　North America, the British colonies 　Spain
the 17th–18th centuries　Potosí, the mountain of silver 　United States
the 17th–18th centuries　A colonial port in the Caribbean 　United States
the 18th century　The counting-house of a merchant bank, Amsterdam 　Netherlands
the 16th–18th centuries　A desk of estimates laid side by side 　China
18th century　Caribbean Sea 　Mexico
Late 18th century – 1804　Mexico City Mint 　Mexico
Late 18th century–1804　Mexico City Mint 　Mexico
17th–18th centuries　Bengal 　India
1759–1788　Madrid 　Spain
from 1764　London 　United States
From 1772　Treaty ports of China 　Mexico
1820–1840　Ships riding at anchor offshore 　China
1821　The counter of the Bank of England 　Britain
1844　The North Sea shore of the Low Countries 　Netherlands
1847–1866　The financial quarter of the City 　Britain
1848–1886　From California to South Africa 　Britain
the later 19th century　The Port of London and the City 　Britain
the 16th–19th centuries　Upon three oceans 　Spain
the 18th–19th centuries　A table settling in foreign silver coin 　China
the 19th century　A village in the Minho 　Portugal
the end of the 19th century　The piers of Genoa 　Italy
17th–19th centuries　The global flow of silver 　Mexico
19th century　Yokohama 　Mexico
19th Century　The Two Ends of the Settlement 　India
18th–19th centuries　Red Sea 　Austria
the autumn of 1868　A street corner in Madrid 　Spain
the 1870s　A port shipping silver out 　Germany
the 1870s　The countries on the silver standard 　Germany
1870s　The world market 　Austria
1871–1873　Across the sea, Germany 　United States
1871–1895　Bombay/Hong Kong 　Mexico
1871–1895　French Indochina 　Mexico
1873　Lombard Street 　Britain
the 1880s–1914　The financial quarter of Berlin 　Germany
1883　Madrid, a bank counter 　Spain
1884　Musashi, Chichibu 　Japan
the end of the 1890s　South Africa and the Klondike 　United States
1897　Saint Petersburg 　Russia
from 1913　America, where the banknote is born 　United States
1914–1918　Both shores of the Atlantic 　Britain
from 1914　Across the Atlantic, America 　United States
the 1920s　New York, a bank vault 　United States
the 1920s　New York, Wall Street 　United States
October 1922　Geneva 　Austria
1923–1926　Tokyo, the Bank of Japan 　Japan
the 1930s　London and the ports of the empire 　Britain
the 1930s　Across the sea, China 　United States
1931　Office for Foreign Exchange Controls 　Greece
1934–1935　A market watching the price of silver 　China
the autumn of 1936　The port of Cartagena 　Spain
1944　The conference hall at Bretton Woods 　Britain
1944–1946　Bretton Woods, the seat of the signing 　Britain
July 1944　New Hampshire, the Mount Washington Hotel 　United States
July 1944　Bretton Woods, the seat of the British delegation 　United States
July 1944　Bretton Woods, the seat of the American delegation 　United States
1944　Bretton Woods, the conference table 　United States
1944　London, the desk of the government in exile 　Netherlands
from 1945　The Atlantic, the route to a Europe rebuilding 　United States
1947　A foreign-exchange counter in London 　Britain
1949–1961　A harbour of the reconstruction 　Netherlands
the 18th–20th centuries　The caravan routes of the Middle East and Africa 　Germany
19th–20th Century　Ethiopian Highlands 　Austria
The 1950s　A Harbor Warehouse 　Turkey
the 1957s–the 1980s　A street corner in West Germany 　Germany
1960　Washington, the Congress 　United States
1965–1971　The port of Le Havre 　France
the 1970s　The oilfields of the producing countries 　United States
August 1971　Camp David, the lodge in Maryland 　United States
1971　The sea of managed currencies 　United States
1983　The treasury chamber in Lisbon 　Portugal
1985　New York, the Plaza Hotel 　United States
from the 1990s　Every continent on earth 　United States
1991　London 　India
1993　Mexico 　Mexico
1994–1997　Washington/Mexico City 　Mexico
November 21, 1997　Seoul 　South Korea
2008　The financial district on the night of the crisis 　United States
2019–2020　The street corner where the trial began 　China
the present day　The dollar settlement network 　United States
the present　The waters contested for the reserve seat 　United States
the present　Every port in the world 　United States
Present　The 500-Year Circle 　Mexico
Present　Private Remittances 　India
Present　The Present of Payments 　India
Present　Nationwide 　India

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