Where did your money come from?
Currencies inherit their standards from older money, then branch into new forms.
Follow those connections through the great families of monetary history.
The buttons and stream labels count the same dated currency histories in each lineage. Width shows their cumulative total through time; it does not measure currencies simultaneously in circulation. Time is compressed before 1800.
Earlier histories are included at the left edge. Annotations use established introduction dates where available. Other histories are available in the complete currency index.
Overview
See the great branches together, and how the recorded histories accumulate through time. Select a stream to open its family tree.
Families
Follow one family at a time. Hover a currency to light up its ancestors and descendants. Select a name to read its history.
Your currency
A short story, its place in the family, and the turning points that shaped it. Follow parents backward or children forward, with evidence for every connection.