Start hereDictionarySearch
English
日本語English中文ItalianoFrançaisDeutschEspañol
Sign in Fees and how to study
NOMISMA
Read history Money history: the world and JapanBubbles, frauds and financial crisesPeople who changed moneyReadingsSee all of Read history
Understand how money works Banks and depositsInterest, prices and exchange ratesCash and digital paymentsHistory's lessons for today's decisionsSee all of Understand how money works
Look at coins Browse by photoImages, letters and materialsCare, storage and tradingSee all of Look at coins
Start hereDictionarySearch
Fees and how to study Sign in
Language
日本語English中文ItalianoFrançaisDeutschEspañol

mechanism

仕組　—　NOMISMA

The working order by which a thing comes out as it does.

Austrian Empire, 1 Thaler, 1820 Austrian Empire, 1 Thaler, 18201820
A photograph of what this word names.

⚠ What NOMISMA seeks are not events, but mechanisms. We look not at who did what in which year, but at "why the same things happen repeatedly."