1561 - First coins produced by machinery (known as a 'mill') rather than by hand; 1663 - new machinery replaced hand struck coinage.

February 3, 1690 - Colony of Massachusetts authorized the first official paper currency ever used in the Western Hemisphere; prior to that colonists generally used unofficial coins; 1652-1682 - Boston-based silversmiths John Hull and Robert Sanderson operated their own mint, issued silver shillings and three and sixpence piece.

December 10, 1690 - Massachusetts colony bills of credit for soldiers were first official currency in America.

May 8, 1792 - An Act of Congress established Commissioner of Revenue in the Treasury Department.

November 6, 1792 -- President George Washington declared  end to coin shortage with striking of first half-dime coins.

February 9, 1793 - Congress authorized use of foreign coins as legal tender in United States.

April 15, 1793 - Bank of England handed out first 5 pound note.

May 16, 1866 - Congress authorized minting of five-cent piece; voted to discontinue use of small silver coin, half-dime, and replace it with five-cent piece; initial version of nickel featured  shield on front, "5" on back, plain-faced; successive runs of coin more ornate; 1913 - Bureau of Engraving and Printing issued  now-coveted "buffalo" nickel, with buffalo, bust of Native American on respective sides; current, and even more ornate, incarnation of coin pays homage to Thomas Jefferson--features  third U.S. president's likeness on one side, rendering of his home, Monticello, on other.

September 17, 1868 - Nation's six-year-old currency agency  officially christened as Bureau of Engraving and Printing, national currency production bureau.

December 1869 - U.S. Mint at Carson City, NV opened; February 10, 1870 - first silver dollar coins released into circulation; eight coin denominations bearing mint mark "CC" produced until June 1, 1893; Mint produced more than $49,000,000 of gold and silver.

June 27, 1871 - Yen became new form of currency in Japan.

February 12, 1873 - Coinage Act of 1873 established  Bureau of the Mint under Treasury Department; authorized Treasury Department to place motto "In God We Trust" on all United States coins.

February 19, 1873 -- Comptroller of the Currency required to report on condition of State banks.

January 19, 1874 -- The United States Mint authorized to strike coinage for foreign governments.

1876 - U. S. Treasury Department's Bureau of Engraving and Printing created to print all U.S. notes, securities; 1877 - became sole producer of all United States currency

1928 - Basic face, back designs of all denominations of United States paper currency adopted (except backs of $1 and $2 denominations in general circulation today).

August 7, 1928 - Dollar shrank; Treasury unveiled new version of note, one third smaller than predecessor.; Bureau of Engraving and Printing printed one billion new bills in denominations ranging from one to ten thousand dollars; 1929 - Treasury department rolled out smaller version of dollar, shrunk by 25%, displayed now standard set of portraits and emblems.

December 5, 1931 - Citizens Bank of Tenino, WA failed, created shortage of money; Chamber of Commerce authorized local newspaper to print first issue of wooden money in U. S. (to avoid merchants' having to travel 30 miles, 4 hours, over roads built for horses and mules to get change).

July 31, 1932 - George Washington quarter went into circulation.

March 16, 1933 -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt deleted gold from coinage, from circulation and from collections; illegal to hold gold in United States; April 5, 1933 - President Roosevelt forbade hoarding of gold, required delivery of gold coins to  government; August 28, 1933 - Executive Order regulated  hoarding, exporting of gold; prohibited holding of gold by United States citizens.

September 27, 1995 - Government unveiled redesigned $100 bill with off-center, enlarged picture of Ben Franklin; March 25, 1996 - redesigned $100 bill went into circulation.

June 12, 1997 - Treasury Department unveiled new $50 bill meant to be more counterfeit-resistant.

January 1, 1998 - Euro introduced for use by European businesses; June 1, 1998 - European Central Bank opened in Frankfurt, Germany.

May 11, 1998 - French mint produced first coins of Europe's single currency, euro.

August 17, 1998 - Russia devalued ruble.

September 24, 1998 - Redesigned $20 bills, harder to counterfeit, went into circulation.

January 1, 1999 - "Euro" debuted asfinancial unit in corporate and investment markets = first time since Charlemagne's reign in ninth century that Europe united with common currency; eleven European Union nations, representing some 290 million people, launched currency in hopes of increasing European integration,  economic growth; irrevocably established conversion rates between their respective national currencies and euro, created  monetary union wit single currency, gave birth to euro; closed at 1.17 U.S. dollars on first day of trading in foreign exchange markets.

January 1, 2002 - Euro became legal tender for European consumers - currency of 15 countries, 320 million people; replaced Deutsche Mark, French franc, Italian lira,  Spanish peseta, Greek drachma, Austrian schilling, Belgian franc, Finnish markka, Irish pound, Luxembourg franc, Dutch guilder, Portuguese escudo; around 7.8 billion euro notes, 40.4 billion euro coins (worth €144 billion) put into general circulation by central banks of twelve participating countries of euro area; euro notes distributed by bank machines; shops started to give customers change in euro cash.

May 13, 2003 - Government unveiled new version of $20 bill - first to be colorized in effort to thwart counterfeiters.

April 26, 2004 - U. S. government unveiled new colorized $50 bill.

November 1, 2004 - Bank of Japan issued new series of 1000, 5000, and 10,000 yen notes; old and new series circulated together.

2005 - Decline in U.S. dollar's purchasing power (1800-2005) (Source: Barron's)

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September 19, 2005 - Gold Rush-era coin, confirmed as one of only 12 Quarter Eagles known to exist of 246 made by San Francisco Mint in 1854, containing 1/8 of an ounce of California gold, sold for $ 253,000 at a Beverly Hills auction; owned by  descendant of Chinese immigrants who worked in California gold fields.

September 28, 2005 - U.S. Treasury unveiled new $10 bill, featured splashes of red, yellow and orange.

April 2006 - Cost of metals in penny (zinc, copper) rose above 0.008 cents, more than twice value in Fall 2005; U.S. government spent at least six-tenths of cent (above cost of metal) to make each penny - lost about half of a cent on each new penny minted; July 18, 2006 - Representative Jim Kolbe (R-Arizona) announced legislation to eliminate penny (production cost = $.014), to round cash transactions to nearest nickel; 1982 - copper rose to record levels; Mint started making pennies mostly of zinc (with thin copper coating).

November 20, 2006 - Edmund C. Moy, Director of United States Mint, unveiled four designs for on-dollar coins, featured likenesses of first first four presidents; began decade-long series to portray every deceased president; first coin, with George Washington on one side, Statue of Liberty on other side, began to circulate in February 2007.

Louis Eliasberg - only person to ever build a complete set of U.S. coins (http://images.collectors.com/ Articles/eliasberg_vault.jpg)

November 2009 - Penny accounts for about 58.4% of all coins circulating, but only contributes 7.5% of the value, 298.7 billion in circulation; quarter accounts for 56.8% of all coin value (source: IbisWorld); costs more to produce pennies than they are worth, United States Mint has been producing fewer in recent years.

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April 24, 2010 - Total volume of United States currency outstanding rose by $34.7 billion in 2009 (all but $33.4 billion of increase in $100 bills); value of euro notes outstanding, of 100 euros or more, rose 6.3% in 2009, smaller bills climbed 4.9%; dollar split sharper: $100 bills rose 5%, smaller bills gained only 1.5%.

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Sir Norman  Angell (1929). The Story of Money. (New York, N: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 411 p.). Money--History.

Alonzo Barton and Emily Eaton Hepburn (1924). A History of Currency in the United States. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 573 p.). Money--History; Coinage--History; Currency question; Federal Reserve banks.

Klaus W. Bender (2006). Moneymakers: The Secret World of Banknote Printing. (Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag, 316 p.). Foreign Correspondent for the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" (FAZ), Germany's leading daily paper. Paper money --Europe; Counterfeits and counterfeiting --Europe; Bank notes --Europe. In-depth view of banknote industry, its modus operandi

S.M.H. Bozorgnia (1998). The Role of Precious Metals in European Economic Development: From Roman Times to the Eve of the Industrial Revolution. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 209 p.). Europe -- Economic conditions; Money -- Europe -- History; Precious metals -- Europe -- History; Economic history. 

Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge (1969). Legal Tender; A Study in English and American Monetary History. (New York, NY: Greenwood Press, 181 p. [orig. pub. 1903]). Legal tender; Money--United States--History; Money--Great Britain--History.

James Buchan (1997). Frozen Desire: The Meaning of Money. (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 320 p.). Money--History--Miscellanea.

Arthur R. Burns (1965). Money and Monetary Policy in Early Times. (New York, NY: A.M. Kelley, 517 p.). Money--History; Coinage--History. Numismatics; Coins, Ancient. Weights and measures.

John Chown (1994). A History of Money: From AD 800. (New York, NY: Routledge, 306 p.). Money--History; Credit--History.

John Cooley (2008). Currency Wars: How Forged Money is the New Weapon of Mass Destruction. (New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing, 320 p.). Counterfeits and counterfeiting--Political aspects; Political stability--Economic aspects. Greed and fear as catalysts in world economics; forgery as way of waging war, seizing power; counterfeit money as weapon; grand-scale forgery's corrosive implications for global economic, political, social stability.

Simon Coupland (2007). Carolingian Coinage and the Vikings: Studies on Power and Trade in the 9th Century. (Burlington, VT: Ashgate/Variorum, 336 p.). Money -- France -- History; Coinage -- France -- History; Economic history -- Medieval, 500-1500; Vikings -- France; France -- History -- To 987.

Joanne C. Dauer, Edward A. Dauer (2003). American History as Seen Through Currency: A Pictorial History of United States Currency as Seen Throughout Important Historical Events. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Edward and Joanne Dauer, 400 p.). Paper money--United States--History; United States--History.

Glyn Davies (2002). A History of Money: From Ancient Times to the Present Day. (Cardiff, Wales: University of Wales Press, 720 p. [3rd ed.]). Emeritus Professor (University of Wales). Money; Money--History; Coinage; Coinage--History. 

Agnes F. Dodd (1911). History of Money in the British Empire & the United States. (New York, NY: Longmans, Green, and Co., 356 p.). Money--Great Britain--History; Money--United States--History; Money--Great Britain.

Armand van Dormael (1997). The Power of Money (Washington Square, NY: New York University Press, 184 p.). Money--Europe--History--20th century; Money--United States--History--20th century; Economic history--20th century.

Ed. Mark Duckenfield (2004). The Monetary History of Gold: A Documentary History, 1660-1999. (Brookfield, VT: Pickering & Chatto, 536 p.). Gold --History; Gold standard --History; Money --History.

Catherine Eagleton and Jonathan Williams; with Joe Cribb and Elizabeth Errington (2007). Money: A History. (Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 272 p.). Curator of Paper Money and Modern Coins; Curator of Roman and Iron Age coin; Curator of Asian coins; Curator of South Asian coins (all at the British Museum). Money--History; Monnaie--Histoire. Coins, paper money from ancient to modern times; use of monetary exchange from primitive barter system to online, cashless systems: 1) Ancient Mesopotamia, Greece and Egypt; 2) Roman world; 3) Medieval Europe; 4) Islamic lands; 5) India and Southeast Asia; 6) China and the Far East.

Africa and Oceania; 7) early modern period and the modern period (introduction of the Euro and e-money).

Paul Einzig (1962). The History of Foreign Exchange. (New York, NY: St Martin’s Press, 319 p.). Financial Journalist, Lombard Street," column for the Financial News. Foreign exchange--History. Impressive, controversial, provocative, work; a classic.

--- (1966). Primitive Money in Its Ethnological, Historical, and Economic Aspects. (New York, NY: Pergamon Press, 557 p. [2nd ed.]). Money--Origin.

Joseph Farris (2001). Money Inc.: A Wry Look at Business Today. (Mt. Pleasant, SC: Spectacle Lane Press, 133 p.). Business--Caricatures and cartoons; Money--Caricatures and cartoons. Portions of this work have appeared previously in: Accounting Today, Barron's, Harvard Business Review, Natural Pharmacy, The National Law Journal, The New Yorker, and Wall Street Journal.

Albert Edgar Feavearyear (1931). The Pound Sterling: A History of English Money. (Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 367 p.). Money--Great Britain--History; Currency question--Great Britain.

Niall Ferguson (2001). The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000. (London, UK: Allen Lane, 552 p.). Money--History; History, Modern.

--- (2008). The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World. (New York, NY: Penguin Press, 432 p.). Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History (Harvard University), William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration (Harvard Business School), Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College (Oxford), Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution (Stanford). Finance--History; Money--History; Economics--History. Finance is foundation of human progress, essential backstory behind all history; origins of key financial institutions, concepts; sooner or later every bubble bursts; sooner or later bearish sellers outnumber bullish buyers;  sooner or later greed flips into fear.

Eds. Robert M. Fishman and Anthony M. Messina (2006). The Year of the Euro: The Cultural, Social, and Political import of Europe’s Common Currency. (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 328 p.). professor of sociology and a fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies (University of Notre Dame); associate professor of political science and a fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and Nanovic Institute for European Studies (University of Notre Dame). Euro--Social aspects--Congresses; Euro--Political aspects--Congresses. Whether new common currency will reshape Europe's cultures, societies, political systems and, if so, in what ways. 

Alison Frankel (2006). Double Eagle: The Epic Story of the World’s Most Valuable Coin. (New York, NY: Norton, 320 p.). Senior Writer at The American Lawyer. Double eagle (Coin)--History. Author brings coin's history to life and illuminates the world of coin collecting. One coin, for years only known 1933 twenty-dollar Double Eagle in world, has inspired passions of thieves and collectors, lawyers and charlatans.

John Kenneth Galbraith (1975). Money, Whence It Came, Where It Went. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 324 p.). Money--History; Economic history.

Barbara Garson (2001). Money Makes the World Go Around. (New York, NY: Viking, 342 p.). Capital movements; Mutual funds; International finance; Money.

Jason Goodwin (2003). Greenback: The Almighty Dollar and the Invention of America. (New York, NY: Holt, 321 P.). Dollar. 

Elgin Groseclose (1976). Money and Man: A Survey of Monetary Experience. (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 307 p. [4th ed.]). Money--History; Currency question.

William Hamilton; with an introd. by John Kenneth Galbraith (1980). Money Should Be Fun. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 128 p.). Money--Caricatures and cartoons; American wit and humor, Pictorial.

Kenneth W. Harl (1996). Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 533 p.). Professor of History (Tulane University). Coins, Roman; Coinage--Rome--History; Rome--Economic conditions.

Ed. William V. Harris (2008). The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 330 p.). Shepherd Professor of History (Columbia University). Money --Rome --History; Money --Greece --History; Rome --Economic conditions --30 B.C.-476 A.D; Greece --Economic conditions --To 146 B.C. Complexity of Greek, Roman monetary systems, how systems worked, how they did, did not resemble modern monetary system.

Eric Helleiner (2003). The Making of National Money: Territorial Currencies in Historical Perspective. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 277 p.). Money; Money--Political aspects; Currency question. 

Manuel Hinds (2006). Playing Monopoly with the Devil: Dollarization and Domestic Currencies in Developing Countries. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 304 p.). Former Chief Adviser to the President of El Salvador on the Dollarization of the Country in 2000-2001. Money--Developing countries; Currency question--Developing countries; Monetary policy--Developing countries. Currency problems faced by developing countries,  practical advice for policy makers on how to deal with them.

James Willard Hurst (1973). A Legal History of Money in the United States, 1774-1970. (Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska Press, 367 p.). Money--United States--History; Monetary policy--United States.

Louis Jordan (2002). John Hull: The Mint and the Economics of Massachusetts Coinage. (Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 348 p.). Hull, John, 1624-1683; Coinage--Massachusetts--History--17th century; Coins, American--Massachusetts; Mints--Massachusetts; Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources; Massachusetts--Economic aspects.

Craig Karmin (2008). The Biography of a Dollar: How Mr. Greenback Greases the Skids of America and the World. (New York, NY: Crown Business, 272 p.). Reporter for the "Money and Investing" section of The Wall Street Journal. Dollar, American; Foreign exchange; International finance. Dollar's history from early days in mid-19th century to position at top of global economy; power of Federal Reserve, inner sanctums of foreign central banks, foreign exchange traders; enabled global economy to flourish but allowed U. S. to owe shocking amounts of money, raised concerns that dollar standard may not be sustainable.

Edited by Robert Mankoff; introduction by Christopher Buckley (1999). The New Yorker Book of Money Cartoons: The Influence, Power, and Occasional Insanity of Money in All of Our Lives. (Princeton, NJ: Bloomberg Press, 110 p.). New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925); Money--Caricatures and cartoons; American wit and humor, Pictorial.

Nicholas Mayhew (2000). Sterling, The History of a Currency. (New York, NY: Wiley, 290 p.). Curator in the Heberden Coin Room (Ashmolean Museum); Fellow of St. Cross College, (Oxford). Money--Great Britain--History. 

John J. McCusker (1978). Money and Exchange in Europe and America, 1600-1775: A Handbook. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 367 p.). Money--Tables; Money--United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money--Europe--History.

Stephen Mihm (2007). A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 472 p.). Assistant Professor of History (University of Georgia). Bank notes--Forgeries--United States; Banks and banking--United States; Counterfeits and counterfeiting--United States. Bank note counterfeiting in  antebellum U.S.; countless banks issued paper money in variety of denominations, designs; counterfeiters flourished, circulated vast quantities of bogus bills; how federal government issued greenbacks for first time, began dismantling older monetary system, counterfeit economy it sustained.

Robert Minton (1975). John Law, The Father of Paper Money. (New York, NY: Association Press, 288 p.). Law, John, 1671-1729; Capitalists and financiers--Biography; Paper money--France--History.

Wesley Clair Mitchell (1903). A History of Greenbacks. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 577 p.). Assistant Professor of Economics (University of Chicago). Greenbacks --History.

Carl H. Moore, Alvin E. Russell (1987). Money: Its Origin, Development, and Modern Use. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 164 p.). Money--History.

Walter T.K. Nugent (1968). Money and American Society, 1865-1880. (New York, NY: Free Press, 336 p.). Money--United States--History.

Arthur Nussbaum (1957). A History of the Dollar. (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 308 p.). Money--History.

Sitta von Reden (2010). Money in Classical Antiquity. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 237 p.). Lecturer in Ancient History (Universität München). Money -- Greece -- History; Money -- Rome -- History. Impact of money on economy, society, culture of Greek and Roman World; how money affected economy, which factors need to be considered in order to improve understanding of ancient money; money plays different roles under different social and political circumstances.

Fred L. Reed (2005). Show Me the Money!: The Standard Catalog of Motion Picture, Television, Stage, and Advertising Prop Money. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 790 p). Prop money--Catalogs; Money in motion pictures--Catalogs. Hollywood’s storytellers have produced wealth of imitation greenbacks (more than 270 types of motion picture, other theatrical prop money—including nearly 2,000 sub-varieties).

Thomas J. Sargent, Francois R. Velde (2002). The Big Problem of Small Change. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 405 p.). Economics Professor (Stanford), Officer (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago). Money--Europe--History; Coins--Europe--History; Mints--Europe--History.

Anna Jacobson Schwartz (1987). Money in Historical Perspective. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 442 p.). Money--History; Money--Great Britain--History; Monetary policy; Gold standard--History.

Georg Simmel; edited by David Frisby; translated by Tom Bottomore and David Frisby from a first draft by Kaethe Mengelberg (1990). The Philosophy of Money. (Boston, MA: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 537 p. [2nd enl. ed.]). Money.

Robert Sobel (2000). The Pursuit of Wealth: The Incredible Story of Money Throughout the Ages. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 347 p.). Money--History; Investments--History.

Peter Spufford (1988). Money and Its Use in Medieval Europe. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 467 p.). Money--Europe--History; Numismatics, Medieval--Europe; Europe--Economic conditions--To 1492. 

David Tripp (2004). Illegal Tender: The Mystery of the Lost Double Eagle. (New York, NY: Free Press, 320 p.). Former Head of Sotheby’s Coin Department. Double eagle (Coin)--History.

Irwin Unger (1964). The Greenback Era; A Social and Political History of American Finance, 1865-1879. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 467 p.). Greenbacks--History; Currency question--United States--History; United States--Politics and government--1865-1877. Winner of Pulitzer Prize in History.

Deborah Valenze (2006). The Social Life of Money in the English Past. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 324 p.). Professor of History (Barnard College, Columbia University). Money--Social aspects--England--History--18th century; Money--Social aspects--England--History--17th century; England--Economic conditions--18th century; England--Economic conditions--17th century; England--Social conditions--18th century; England--Social conditions--17th century. How money became involved in relations between people in ways that moved beyond purely economic functions.

Jack Weatherford (1997). The History of Money: From Sandstone to Cyberspace. (New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 288 p.). Money--History.

William Wiseley (1977). A Tool of Power: The Political History of Money. (New York, NY: Wiley, 401 p.). Money--History; International finance--History.

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Video (2001). The Story of Money (A & E Home Video, 2 VHS Tapes). Humorous and informative look at how money moves the world.

Video (2004). Money: What It Is; How It Works. (Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network, Inc., 80 min. DVD). Money--History; Money--uses. Origins of money, what it stands for, how it fuels the modern economic system.

Video (2004). Understanding Money and Inflation. (Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network, Inc., 71 min. DVD). Money --creation; inflation. Explains inflation, creation of money, regulation of the economy.

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LINKS:

American Currency Exhibit                                                                         http://www.frbsf.org/currency/index.html                       

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's American Currency Exhibit.

American Numismatic Association Money Museum                              http://www.money.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ ExploretheWorldofMoney/MoneyMuseum/default.htm            

Explores art, history, science and much more to promote the diverse nature of money and related items. Museum collection consists of over 250,000 objects encompassing the history of numismatics from the earliest invention of money to modern day. The objects include paper money, coins, tokens, medals, exonumia, and traditional money from all over the world. Some of the highlights from the collection include individual rarities such as the 1804 dollar, the 1913 'V' Nickel, the 1866 no motto series, and the Aubrey E. and Adeline I. Bebee collection of United States paper money.

Beyond Face Value: Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency       http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/BeyondFaceValue/                           

Produced by the United States Civil War Center - detailed look how deeply embedded slavery was in all aspects of Southern life. As evidence, the site offers hundreds of scans of Confederate currency, examines documents for references to Southern economics, agriculture, and slavery; offers series of introductory scholarly essays by Civil War historians contextualizes the phenomenon of Confederate currency and the unique set of political, social, and cultural conditions that created it (though little to help the reader understand each individual image and the context of the historical reality that it depicts; catalogs an important set of sources, as Southerners consecrated their culture on the official documents of their seceded government. Site historian Harold Holzer observes, "Much more than remnants of a shattered economy, these artifacts open a rare window onto the Confederacy's view of itself, and they deserve our attention as artistic and political, not just financial, currency."

The Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency                   http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/brock/                       

Decades before the American revolution, each of the colonies issued their own paper money. These monetary experiments embroiled the colonies in controversy, fueling political disputes both within the colonies and between the colonies and England. These experiments also raised fundamental economic questions, such as how paper money influences prices, exchange rates, economic growth, and the balance of trade. Almost three centuries later, these issues remain unsettled, and continue to spark controversy.

Bureau of Engraving                                                                    http://www.moneyfactory.gov                                   

Largest producer of security documents in the United States. The BEP prints billions of Federal Reserve Notes for delivery to the Federal Reserve System each year (the BEP does not produce coins – all coinage is minted by the United States Mint). These notes are produced at our facilities in Washington, DC, and Fort Worth, Texas. In addition to U.S. currency, the BEP produces several other security documents such as portions of U.S. passports, materials for Homeland Security, military identification cards, and Immigration and Naturalization Certificates. All products are designed and manufactured with advanced counterfeit deterrence features to ensure product integrity. The BEP also advises other Federal agencies on document security matters. In addition, the BEP processes claims for the redemption of mutilated currency. The BEP’s research and development efforts focus on the continued use of automation in the production process and counterfeit deterrent technologies for use in security documents, especially United States currency.

Tom Chao's paper Money Gallery                                                     http://tomchao.com/                                                        

This site is all about paper money. Most people associate money with earning and spending. Very few consider money as an art object or a collectable item. Only in the last several years has paper money collecting as a hobby become more popular. Modern banknotes are very attractive and colorful, especially in uncirculated conditions favored by collectors. entire collection: 1739* different banknotes; 298* countries; 984 web pages; 3600+ pictures.

Coin & Conscience: Popular Views of Money, Credit and Speculation     http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/cc/                                 

This exhibit features historical images (from the 16th through the 19th centuries) depicting themes related to money and finance, such as bankers, stock exchanges, the "money devil," credit and speculation, "misers, moneylenders, and thieves," love and money, and "vanity and virtue: allegories on the pursuit of riches." View images by theme or artist. Includes an introduction to the collection and a selected bibliography. From the Bleichroeder Collection at the Baker Library, Harvard Business School.

Coins and History of Asia                                                                http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/coins.html                     

Information and scans of over 2100 coins of Near Eastern, Persian, Indian, Central Asian and Chinese history from 600 BC to 1600 AD.

Colonial Currency                                                            http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/                       

"Descriptions and images of paper currencies of early America through the 1790's" (including Continental Congress issues, lottery tickets, and fiscal documents). Can be browsed by colony/state. Also features essays on the first printed currency (1690), Bills of Credit, Land Office Banks, devaluation, the Copper Panic, the value of money in Colonial America, the 1702 London Mint Assay, legal tender, and indenting. From the University of Notre Dame, Department of Special Collections. Subjects: Paper money...

The Current Value of Old Money                                                          http://eh.net/hmit/                                       

The Current Value of Old Money, created by Roy Davies, a science librarian at the University of Exeter, provides annotated links to an array of Websites that help answer the question "How much would a specified amount of money at a certain period of time be worth today?" The annotated links contain more than just simple calculators, encompassing a rich variety of resources including data tables, research papers, and electronic mailing list archives on the question. The site also provides an informative bibliography of print resources on the topic of inflation.

First Spouse 24-Karat Coin Program                                              http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/firstSpouse/              

Details about the U.S. Mint program "honoring our Nation's First Spouses by issuing one-half ounce $10 gold coins featuring their images, in the order that they served as first spouse, beginning in 2007 with Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, (Thomas Jefferson's Liberty), and Dolley Madison." Provides images of the coins, biographies of the first spouses, and information about issue dates and coin features. From the United States Mint.

Gallery Mint Museum                                                           http://www.gallerymint.com/                                          

Private mint, whose mission is to build a permanent museum showing the evolution of coin-making technology from ancient Greece through the Industrial Revolution - museum will exhibit the entire minting process, with full-scale equipment, including a water wheel for generating power and a huge furnace for melting silver and copper.

The Higgins Museum of National Bank Notes                                          www.thehigginsmuseum.org.                                         

Opened in 1978, the purpose of this museum is to acquire, preserve and display the notes and artifacts of the National Banks... and pertinent reference materials relating to the National Bank Note issuance era for educational purposes. 496 National Banks in 300 Iowa Communities issued National Bank Notes during the Period 1863-1935. The most complete state collection of National Bank Note issues ever assembled for a major state, with 278 of the state's 300 communities of issue represented.

History of the Dollar Sign                                                               http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/dollar.html                

The Word "Dollar" and the Dollar Sign $: Origins, History and Geography of Dollar Currencies.

History of Money from Ancient Times to Present Day                       http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/llyfr.html                     

Monetary history in context from the dawn of civilization to the beginning of the twenty first century.

Museum of Money & Financial Institutions                                        www.museumofmoney.org                                       

Aimed at public education in economics in general with a stress on explaining the importance of money and financial institutions in guiding personal, business and government activities.

History of the United States Mint http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/mint_history/ index.cfm?action=Intro

Money Museum (Kansas City Fed)                                        http://www.kansascityfed.org/pubaffrs/money.htm                 

The museum tells the story of money - from the settler’s early bartering system to U.S. currency’s humble beginnings – when banks throughout the Union produced their own currency – to the present day – where more and more business is being conducted through electronic means. The centerpiece of the Money Museum is the Truman Coin Collection, which includes over 450 coins dating all the way back to George Washington's presidential administration. Samples of historic currency supplement the coin collection and help to re-create the events and personalities that have come to shape our nation's money.

Presidential $1 Coin Program                                                             http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/                   

"The United States is honoring our Nation's Presidents by issuing $1 circulating coins featuring their images in the order that they served, beginning with Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison in 2007. The United States Mint will mint and issue four Presidential $1 coins per year." Features a coin release schedule, coin images (and edge lettering), and material about coinage legislation and U.S. Mint directors during each presidential term. From the U.S. Mint.

Tax History Museum                                                                    www.tax.org/museum                                                          

Virtual museum of United States tax history - provides a synthetic overview of the history of American taxation. Incorporating both narrative text and multimedia source materials, the museum offers a concise summary of American revenue policy and politics.

United States Money: A Guide to Information Sources                      http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/money/money_index.html           

"This guide covers selected resources on the history of money in the United States from colonial times to the present." Topics include paper money, coins, associations and government agencies, pages for children, and museums and exhibits. Most listings are for websites; includes a few print suggestions. From the Library of Congress, Business Reference Services.

U. S. Mint Tours                                                                                 http://www.usmint.gov/mint_tours

Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins (VCRC)                                        http://artemis.austinc.edu/acad/cml/rcape/vcrc/                    

The VCRC contains images and descriptions of coins from the Early Republic through the end of the fourth century A.D. and the formal division of the Roman Empire into east and west. Browse by decades for the republic and by emperor/empress for the empire, or search for specific features such as individuals, deities, and inscriptions. Subjects: Coins, Roman...

Woden Nickel Historical Museum                                         http://www.wooden-nickel.net/                                       

History of wooden money in the U. S.

World Currency Museum                                                                      http://www.banknotes.com/images.htm