Monetary Union and Fragmentation

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Nations that had killed one another in two world wars made their currencies one. Bind the economies deeply enough and war stops paying. That is the prayer placed in the euro.

568　Pavia, the capital 　Italy
from the 8th century to the present　The forests and rivers of Germany 　Germany
from 1031　The courts of the taifa kingdoms 　Spain
the 11th century　An episcopal city 　Italy
the 10th–13th centuries　The Holy Roman Empire, the imperial court 　Germany
the 10th–13th centuries　Minting towns across the German lands 　Germany
the 10th–13th centuries　The market square, the changer's table 　Germany
the 13th century　The cities of northern Italy 　Italy
1335–1336　Kamakura and Kyoto 　Japan
December 1339　Flanders and Brabant, the council chamber 　Netherlands
the 14th century–2002　The Low Countries, a land of sea and ledgers 　Netherlands
October 1433　The Burgundian Low Countries, a mint courtyard 　Netherlands
the 14th–15th centuries　The Baltic, the Hanseatic sea routes 　Germany
the 15th century　The Holy Roman Empire, the northern and southern currency zones 　Germany
the 15th century　The low country, the unfinished tower of a cathedral 　Netherlands
1494　A pass over the Alps 　Italy
1524　Esslingen 　Germany
the 15th–16th centuries　A post station on the highway 　Italy
about 1623　The territories moving toward a settlement 　Germany
the 1720s　London, Westminster 　Britain
from 1806　The river courses linking the territorial borders 　Germany
1815　The congress hall in Vienna 　Italy
1815–48　Naples and Rome 　Italy
1865　Paris (the monetary conference) 　France
1865　A conference hall in Paris 　Italy
1866–1885　The teller's window of a Swiss bank 　France
1867–　Vienna 　Austria
1868　Madrid, the office of the finance minister 　Spain
the 1870s　The countries on the silver standard 　Germany
1876　Berlin, the Reichsbank 　Germany
1926　The Bank of Italy 　Italy
September 1936　Before the vault, a night in September 　Netherlands
1948　The border with the Soviet occupation zone 　Germany
1957　The Campidoglio 　Italy
1989–present　Wiener Musikverein 　Austria
1 July 1990　A bank counter in East Germany 　Germany
1990　The council room of the Bundesbank 　Germany
the 1990s　The industrial region of eastern Germany 　Germany
the 1990s　Maastricht 　Germany
1992　The European foreign-exchange market 　Germany
February 1992　Maastricht, the town of the signing 　Netherlands
September 1992　A foreign-exchange dealing room 　Italy
1992–96　A chancellery in Rome 　Italy
1995–1999　A room in the Banque de France 　France
1996　The road to Frankfurt 　Italy
1997　The Bank of England 　Britain
1997–2020　The white cliffs of Dover 　Britain
1998　Frankfurt, the European Central Bank 　Netherlands
May 1998　The summit in Brussels 　Italy
1998　Central Bank 　Greece
1999–2002　A French exchange office 　France
1999　Frankfurt 　Germany
from 1999 to the present　From Frankfurt out to Europe 　Germany
1 January 1999　Madrid, the ledgers of the bank 　Spain
1 January 1999　Upon the ledgers, at the turn of the year 　Netherlands
1999–2002　A bank counter in Lisbon 　Portugal
1999　Frankfurt and Vienna 　Austria
2000–2001　The Council's meeting room 　Greece
1 January 2002　A German town at the turn of the year 　Germany
from 2002 to the present　The counter of the Deutsche Bundesbank 　Germany
2002　A street corner in Madrid 　Spain
2002　Seville, beside the great river 　Spain
January 2002　A Dutch town, a morning in January 　Netherlands
2002　A bank exchange counter 　Italy
from 2002　The state mint in Rome 　Italy
2002　Inside a wallet 　Austria
2002　A shop's cash register 　Greece
2002–present　In your wallet 　Greece
2002–present　The Mint 　Greece
2004 & 2012　At the Bank of Greece counter 　Greece
2010–2018　Brussels 　Greece
June 2015　Closed Bank Doors 　Greece
Summer 2015　Queues at the ATM 　Greece
2015–2019　A reopened bank counter 　Greece
the present　The waters contested for the reserve seat 　United States
the present　Madrid, the Puerta del Sol 　Spain

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