Confederate paper money was a promise to exchange the bill for gold or silver, but only after...
Money
“No one knows but the birds where I hid my money.” Aristophanes wrote in the 5th century BCE...
The societal value of a lineage in Ancient Greek society can be better understood by examining wealth...
In approximately 630 BCE, someone in the Anatolian kingdom of Lydia stamped a piece of precious metal....
The purity of the aureus and changing values of other currency significantly affected the empire’s economy. Curated/Reviewed...
Specie and paper notes were denominated in pounds, shillings, and pence, their values varying from one colony...
Satoshi Nakamoto implemented the bitcoin software as open-source code and released it in January 2009. Introduction Bitcoin (₿)...
Banking was highly developed and subject to Roman Law, and money deposits were to be safeguarded and...
A financial crash in 1890 convinced him that money was behind the world’s economic problems. By Greg...
Dealing in false coinage was said to undermine the king’s prerogative to issue currency, illegally reproduce his...