Discover how currency unions impact global economies, their historical development, and the critiques they face. Learn about ...

The Cuban Peso (CUP) is Cuba's official currency, used for local transactions and historical purposes. Explore its history and place in Cuba's monetary system.

Silver has a long and storied history as a form of money, dating back to ancient civilizations such as the Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians. The first known silver coins were minted around 600 BC in ...

Money as a concept has been a cornerstone of human civilization and economic development. To start with the latter, money is a method of storing value and worth, and it also functions as a medium of ...

(This is an excerpt from Neil MacGregor's new book, "A History of the World in 100 Objects," just published by Penguin.) Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- We've all grown so accustomed to using little round ...

Judging by the amount of currency destruction, all of it completely voluntary and reminiscent of what happened in the final days of the Roman empire, we urge readers to enjoy whatever fiat paper is ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Frederick Kaufman discussed the history of currency, including the decision to move the United States from the gold exchange standard to a ...

University of Birmingham provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. The confusion and commotion over cryptocurrency often reminds me of the 19th-century German drama Faust. In ...

With attention now being focused on El Salvador for it being the first country to accept bitcoin as legal tender, it’s important to examine how the country got here in the first place, and what may ...