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Bancor

バンコール / bancor — Institutions

A supranational currency envisioned by Keynes. It was a proposal to place a currency belonging to no single country at the center of global settlements.

United States Bretton Woods / Bretton Woods, the seat of the British delegation

A supranational currency envisioned by the British delegate Keynes at the Bretton Woods Conference. It was a proposal to place a currency belonging to no single country at the center of global settlements, but it was rejected in favor of the American plan to base the system on the dollar.

⚠ A currency that was never realized continues to be referenced today. Every time the privilege of the key currency is questioned, this name returns.