Since the invention of money, a lot of regions, cities, countries and people use their own means of payment. Consquently, the variety of currencies has always been enormous Today the euro, the currency of an evergrowing number of European countries, is the result of a long process of monetary unification. The vierlander (= four lands), the 15th century silver coin we are focussing on this month, is one of the early forerunners of monetary union.
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- Room 12 – The journey of a payment
- Room 13 – Central banks, a question of confidence
- Room 14 – Purchasing power down the years
- Room 15 – Money and imagination
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- Room 4 – The Euro banknotes and coins
- Room 5 – What is the role of the National Bank?
- Room 6 – What does your money buy?
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