Long before the US Dollar became the dominant currency of the modern world, there was another coin that ruled global trade, going across oceans and continents with quite an important influence. This ...

European metal dominated Spanish silver coinage up until the reign of Philippe III (1578-1621) and it was only in the 18th century that it was completely replaced by Mexican metal. Using mass ...

I begin to feel like a broken record, but Matt Yglesias has a cool post up about “Game of Thrones” and (what else) monetary policy: As you watch members of House Lannister and House Tyrell scheme for ...

SANTIAGO, CHILE—Live Science reports that a sixteenth-century Spanish silver coin has been discovered in southern Chile at the site of Ciudad del Rey Don Felipe, a failed Spanish colony situated on ...

A study by Dr. Joosje van Bennekom and her colleagues aimed to determine the provenance of the famed silver basin supposedly made of Spanish treasure fleet silver captured by the Dutch West India ...

A route across the Pacific in the 16th century was a catalyst for the integration of the planet. The Silver Way: China, Spanish America and the Birth of Globalisation, 1565-1815 reveals how the Ruta ...