Currencies that unite, currencies that divide
11 country histories of money
Alliances, unification, independence. Learn about the advantages and difficulties when multiple countries use the same money.
- 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