From 1850 to 2026, more than 400 national currencies have disappeared in the world - these data are provided by experts from the Bank for International Settlements and the historian Catherine Schenk from the University of Oxford. Today only 163 monetary units survive, the rest have sunk into oblivion due to political changes, reforms, economic turmoil, values ​​and inflation.

From 1850 to 2026, more than 400 national currencies have disappeared in the world - these data are provided by experts from the Bank for International Settlements and the historian Catherine Schenk from the University of Oxford. Today only 163 monetary units survive, the rest have sunk into oblivion due to political changes, reforms, economic turmoil, values ​​and inflation.

Where is the global financial system going and why is the economist Rezoviev confident in the emergence of one currency - in the material of the Knesset member.

Photo: Natalia Gubernaturova.