The History of Coins & Currency (Pt 2) 

Spain did not have pesos, they colonies had, but not Spain, we had "Escudos" and "Reales"

Just a quick note - at the end of the video, the world's top 20 most traded currencies are shown. I've had to make exceptions with the Norwegian Krone, Singaporean Dollar, Hong Kong Dollar, New Zealand Dollar, and Swiss Franc due to size constraints.

It’s nice to see how the coins changed over history because back then there was barely any paper money

1:13 was a great moment for the Spanish currency worldwide

As an Australian, I sincerely thank you for not showing New Zealand in this video. You shall be commemorated as a hero of our nation.

What an interesting topic! Keep up the good work man!

Hello Ollie! Nice and interesting video! Btw, why the USD is not shown in countries that use it, like Panama, Ecuador, El Salvador etc.?

Love these new videos you're making. As always, ollie bye does it better than anyone else.

You forgot to add Montenegro and Kosovo at the end - Euro is also used there Honestly I got used to people forgetting us

This is fake because I don't see robux here

It was so interesting to see that currencies were much more widespread among regions before cause today it’s so divided. I never would have thought that these vastly different areas would use the same coinage before colonialism and all that.

Magnificent video Ollie! Keep it going!

May i point out that the design of the £1 coin changed in 2017

Thank you for your informative videos!

Interesting video-series. I never knew that the pound was that old!

Amazing job!

China had the first paper money back in 1250. However, it went back to copper money in 1600s. Without a good macroeconomy management. the inflation problem in each dynasty caused severe corruptions and rebellions. That's why China changed back to stable metal money and avoid oversea trades during the Ming Dynasty. This also indirectly let China missed the industrial revolution during that critical time.

Great to see the rest of this mini-series. What will be your next project?

Nice video. I’d add the currency of many French ex colonies to the French Franc/Euro system since they’re still linked to the metropolitan currencies. Same for countries that use the USD, like Ecuador

Let me point out a mistake. Since 1600, Japan has mostly used its own currency and has not used Chinese currency.

Good job!

Very cool!!

Even though Chinese currency was, in fact, used in Korea until 1900, Korea legally began using its own currency (Sangpyeongtongbo) in 1678. It was quite widely used.

Great job !

Ehtiopia, Eritrea, Somilia, Djibouti, coastal Kenya used the Mogadishu coin till about 1857. What did they change after that which is what North Africa went to using as well? They did not have to deal with constant coin changes like other civilizations as well.

Hello nice video looking for the next saludos

As a coin collector, this is interesting to watch.

Thanks Jackso!

That was quite interesting. Tell the international history and imperialism based on history of currencies

Very good

This is good

Interesting, nonetheless, in Ecuador, firstly we used the "Sucres" and at the moment, we are using the USA dollars...

There is one mistake. Finland didn't use ruble in 1860-1817 rather a Finnish mark (1860-2002). but the video is still great

very good work ollie bye! I just want to say that shouldn't the rupee appear a little earlier during sher shah suri

From 1642-1652 Ireland used "Confederste Coinage" after they won independence for a few years. Thats the only flaw I noticed thouth. Good video as always

I must say I'm a bit confused... Am I to interpret that Sweden had the polish zloty up until our monetary union in 1873? Or is the gray colour something else? We definitely did not have zloty as our main currency in the 1500-1800s...

I liked it. It was interesting seeing how some colonies changed coins, and some didn't

Nobody: Spain in South-East Asia: *Moni*

Indian Rupee Sri Lankan Rupee Pakistan Rupee Indonesia Rupee Nepal Rupee Maldives Rupee Butane Rupee Seychelles Rupee

Good video but you know me, I have to throw in my 2 cents (see what I did there?) about Africa. At first I thought this was just coinage but it seems to incorporate other metallic objects and paper money too. With that said you could've shown guenze, koli, and kilindi (all collectively known as Kissi pennies), Okpoho (Maillas) and you could have even included mrammou (Akan gold weights). Shell money is another one too, popular all throughout Africa and Oceania. You could've also include Mesoamerican "Hoe money"

1871/10 Alsace-Lorraine not German when it's supposed to be

So many African Nations use the USD, such as Zimbabwe.

no cfa franc, east african shilling, west caribbean dollar etc ?

Better than first but you only marked those currencies that today are very valuable

I like your videos but I’m sorry to tell you this one is full of errors and needs many notes to clarify the actual use of the currency in each country as well as its origins. I’m gonna pick the Spanish case as an example: the dollar was invented by the Spanish, so it doesn’t appear like magic in the States. Also Spanish peso was the official currency in USA from 1785 and alongside the dollar from 1792 to 1857. Furthermore, peso was use in the so called “Spanish colonies” (even though in reality they were viceroyalties, a huge difference), but not in Spain, where the Spanish Real was used.

why are the currencies in southeast asia not labeled?

Yuan,Yen,Won basically the same name in different languages.

Impressive work friend you are really the best

Minor inconsistencies with my home country, but surprisingly accurate.

Do the Inca Empire History

In the 20th and 21st centuries, you seem to have forgotten that french Guiana is still French and has always used French currency (which is the 💶 nowadays)

Нумизматика! Обожаю.

We once had other kinds of currency (Not Won 원) right after 1945 such as Jeon 전

C'est bien ce à quoi je m'attendais : la seconde partie c'est du grand n'importe quoi !

El real usado en toda latinoamerica?, está muy mal, cada país tiene su moneda (aunque muchas de ellas de llamen "PESO", pero son diferentes)

You forgot about RS gp 2003-

love the change 2001 when euro became official: almost whole europe switches in an instant - but still miss my german MARK - at one time in history it was one of the most powerful currencies - but inflated a lot (about hyper-inflation end of 1920s - a bread cost over 5 billion mark - the paper it was printed on was more worth as a raw material than for wasting it for print those ever growing numbers on it)

What is white colour?

Oh the Tongbao which is the Qing Dynasty currency. Also the Qing is one of those empire to impose the national haircut.

In South America they also use the Peso.

In Brazil you skipped Cruzado, which lasted from 1986 to 1990.

Greece use drachmas from 1832 to 2002

Hello Ollie I have something to talk *i can't see baht in modern time*

I dont want to be that guy again but, this is also wrong. Not only in borders wich get up to 200 years wrong in the new world, but also about how the dollar is used in many many countries yet they are not shown on the video with its violet color

That Swedish Krona looks really outdated

The former name of Indian coin was "Taka". Which is now the name of the currency of Bangladesh.

How about the Indian Rebellion of 1857 every day?

Interesting video, although the Real is only used in Brazil, and not the entirety of South America.

Where's bitcoin?

Muy mal. En el imperio español se usaba principalmente el thaler que era la moneda poderosa. Cuando USA pasó al dollar estuvieron hasta la guerra civil usando los Spanish Dallers, hasta que al final hicieron su American Dollar.

Very impressive video, just had to point out tho that Ecuador uses the US dollar

for korea, on 1946 to 1965 they used huan

1:14 The U.S adopts the U.S dollar instead of shillings.

Ollie, is it true you are leaving youtube?😥😧😨

actually, korean 1950s currency is hwan.

This is really interesting!

Completely missed the golden age of Portuguese currency, when the Real was used all over coastal Africa, Arabia and Indonesia.

Ecuador uses the US dollar

2020: entire world uses v bucks

Finland used markka's until 2002

You forgot to add the Egyptian Pound which was made in 1836 as coin and in 1899 it got its first banknote version and it is still used in Egypt since then.

Portugal had Escudo before Euros

I can't wait to see future videos of Euro expanding all over Europe

Ancient Egyptians used precious metals shaped like sheep as a currency.

Not Very Correct But Nice work

brazilian colonial money was named "Reis", not real. Real is the official brazilian coin since 1994. And south america never had a unified coin

ww1 and ww2 never happens in this timeline?

Yes Đongs

Bangladesh have their own currency "TAKA" now, not 'Rupe'

Janbhu dreep ( India , भारत) fast coins raja dahir & chandragupt Maurya

Ecuador uses the dollar

wheres baht

Fun fact: Canadian dollar is just like the American dollars, but without the faces of slave owners on it. :)

Denga was by the Golden Horde

👍👍👍

Bitcoin or some digital asset soon...

1:56 that moment when you realize that the European Union is basically the new Holy Roman Empire

А почему Беларусь к рублю не добавились, там как бы тоже рубли только беларуские

Brazil just adopted "real" in 1994 before was cruzade.

look at all that money