Face Value and Intrinsic Value

18 country histories of money

The stated value, the metal content, and the quantity of goods one can buy. We will consider these as separate measures of worth.

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

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