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History, International

The Aristry of Africal Currency (72) Lydia Puccinelli. An exhibition from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art teaches that in some cultures, money is more than paper and coins.

As Good As Gold (69) Ian Moncrief-Scott. The development of England’s pound sterling.

The Bernhard Notes (73) Ian Moncrief-Scott. World War II Nazi currency forgeries.

The Business of Making Money (67) Ian Moncrief-Scott. De La Rue emerges a leader in banknote and securities printing.

Chaos in the Markets (85)  Christian C. Day.  Moral, legal and economic implications in fantastic bubbles: Tulip Mania, the South Seas Bubble, and The Mississippi Company.

Cossack (15) Tony Hetherington. The case of Russians claiming money from the British government for an investment allegedly made in the East India Company by their ancestor.

Crossroads of the World (19-21) Timothy J. Robson. A history of the many attempts to establish a transportation system across Central America.

Financing the Carlist War (24). Bert Rietveld. The history that led up to the outbreak of 1834-40 civil war in Spain and the efforts to raise money for that war.

The Great Ship and the “Little Giant” (69) Earl E. Moore. Isambard Brunel’s Great Eastern struggles to stay afloat.

The History and Development of the Euro (64) Ian Moncrief-Scott. Europe is united by a uniform currency in January 1999.

The IMF: Rules Made to be Broken (74) Vanessa Drucker. The unstable beginnings of the International Monetary Fund.

International Loans to China with American Finance (2,28) Ann-Marie Hendy. This article is concerned primarily with the 1911 Hukuang Railways loan, which was financed with what came to be called the Four Power Consortium: Britain, France, Germany, and the U.S.

International Trade on the Ionian Isles (72) Ian Moncrief-Scott. Banking and finance on the picturesque Greek Islands.

The Jewish Colonial Trust (75) Sanford J. Mock. The history of Palestine’s first Jewish bank.

The John B. Henry Collection (75) Francine Farr. A curator’s tour of the country’s foremost collection of African metal monetary sculpture.

The London Stock Exchange (17) Mike Veissid. A brief peek at how the London Stock Exchange originated.

Mallorca: On the Right Track (70) Ian Moncrief-Scott. Exquisite certificates from an exotic island.

The Mauritius Gas Company (34) Editors. An article on the long history of trade and commerce of Mauritius, an island off the east coast of Africa.

A New Bank for a New State Sanford J. Mock. The history of Palestine’s first Jewish bank.

A No - Lose Proposition (45) Those Japanese brokerage houses that guaranteed their clients against losses were trying something that American firms abandoned a century ago.

An Outline of the Mexican Government Debt to 1914 (14) Mike Veissid. A brief overview of the economic troubles facing the Mexican government in the mid-1900s and its defaulted international loans.

The Panama Canal: Part 1 (70) Sanford J. Mock. The French attempt to connect the world.

The Panama Canal: Part 2 (71) Sanford J. Mock. The development and financing of the canal that connected the world.

The Panama Canal: Part 3 (72) Sanford J. Mock. The decline of de Lesseps.

The Panama Rail Road Company (67) Earl Moore. Building and financing the Panama Rail Road, from concept to completion.

A Pathway to Peace: Corn Sales to the Soviets (83) Bruce Weitzman. Agricultural entrepreneur Roswell Garst shares his strategies with Nikita Khrushchev.

The Pekin Syndicate and The Honan Railway Loan (15) Mike Veissid. The origins and (still unresolved) destiny of a railroad which was to serve the exploitation of the mineral-rich Shansi province at the turn of the century.

SECLYD: Issuing Shares in a Non-Operative Company (60) Jaime Casanovas and Jeff Kravetz. Discusses the formation of the Sociedad Espanola de Combustibles Liquidos y Sus Derivados to promote oil mining in Spain. Shows its effect on the oil industry and the business community.

Update on China (15) Tony Hetherington. News about negotiations with China concerning defaulted bonds.

The Wagner Vereeniging in Amsterdam (27-30) Bert Rietveld. The history of Europe's most prestigious Music Society and its founders.

War Rooms Within War Zones (85)  Claudia La Rocco.  Iraq attempts to create a stock exchange in the midst of violent chaos.

Mutual Funds for Russia? Vasiliy Sofiyskiy. Will the born-again capitalists of Today's Russia create a mutual fund industry in that country.