1914: War and Money

This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell.

Suitable for
Any age


Website
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/whatson/exhibitions/article.html?4696

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000375?id=EVENT498438