Category: Modern

The first Krugerrand was minted in the South African Mint in 1967. In this post war period the gold standardization was glistening at its fullest.…

Talipun, or Talipoon, shell masks are a form of currency used by the Boiken people in Papua New Guinea. Traditionally, they are made by severing…

Money is often thought of as coins, paper bills, or credit, but throughout history, many unexpected items qualified as currency. One such unexpected item includes…

The parceling out of the African continent by European nations is in part told through this object. This bill is an example of a French…

This portrait, the only one of its kind, portrays a shift to modernity. The subject is Running Antelope, a Native American chief of the Hunkpapa…

In societies without an exclusive national currency such as the Pre-Civil War United States, individuals choose whether to trust a currency according to their social…

Hard Times tokens, like the one pictured, are remarkable for their representation of the economic crisis following the collapse of the Second Bank as well…