Early American currency went through several stages of development during the colonial and post-Revolutionary history of the United States. John Hull...

currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American...

The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the 27 member states of the European Union. This group of states is officially...

colonies of British America. The Acts sought to protect British merchants and creditors from being paid in depreciated colonial currency. The policy created...

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. The pound (sign: £) is the main unit of sterling...

Japanese currency has a history covering the period from the 8th century AD to the present. After the traditional usage of rice as a currency medium, Japan...

yuán; [ɥæ̌n] ) is the base unit of a number of former and present-day currencies in Chinese. A Yuan (Chinese: 圓/元; pinyin: yuán) is also known colloquially...

A reserve currency is a foreign currency that is held in significant quantities by central banks or other monetary authorities as part of their foreign...

United States of America to establish a national currency based on the Spanish silver dollar, which had been in use in the North American colonies of the...

Brasher's Doubloons – Introduction Legendary Coins & Currency: Brasher Doubloon, 1787 Brasher Doubloon in the collection of the American Numismatic Society....

is the official currency in India. The rupee is subdivided into 100 paise (Hindi plural; singular: paisa). The issuance of the currency is controlled by...

Currency substitution is the use of a foreign currency in parallel to or instead of a domestic currency. Currency substitution can be full or partial...

Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum and copper coinage. From its introduction during the Republic, in...

against the Confederates, confidence in the currency diminished, and the government inflated the currency by continuing to print unbacked banknotes. By...

A currency is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. A more general definition...

rupee (ISO code: PKR) is the official currency in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan...

authorized by an act dated June 30, 1812). During the American Civil War, Confederate currency included $500 and $1,000 notes. The earliest (1861) federal...

prevalent in the early nineteenth century that contemporary accounts like those from author John Neal claimed that as much as half of the US currency in circulation...

outline of the currency of Spanish America (las Indias, the Indies) from Spanish colonization in the 15th century until Spanish American independencies...

Canadian dollar (symbol: $; code: CAD; French: dollar canadien) is the currency of Canada. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $. There is no standard...

人民币; pinyin: Rénmínbì; lit. 'People's Currency'; symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB) is the official currency of the People's Republic of China....

the history of central banks backing their currencies in gold or silver. Today, most national currencies have no backing in precious metals or commodities...

Pound is the name of various units of currency. It is used in some countries today and previously was used in many others. The English word "pound" derives...

A currency union (also known as monetary union) is an intergovernmental agreement that involves two or more states sharing the same currency. These states...

(/riˈɛl/; Khmer: រៀល, romanized: riĕl [riəl]; sign: ៛; code: KHR) is the currency of Cambodia. There have been two distinct riel, the first issued between...

Greenbacks were emergency paper currency issued by the United States during the American Civil War that were printed in green on the back. They were in...

The Mexican peso (symbol: $; code: MXN) is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 16th–19th century Spanish...

Digital currency (digital money, electronic money or electronic currency) is any currency, money, or money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored...

The Singapore dollar (sign: S$; code: SGD) is the official currency of the Republic of Singapore. It is divided into 100 cents. It is normally abbreviated...

A cryptocurrency, crypto-currency, or crypto is a digital currency designed to work as a medium of exchange through a computer network that is not reliant...