Digging in the archive

2-minute video from the series "success stories"

J. R. R. Tolkien

a picture tour

An introduction to Oanda – the trading platform

1816: The year without a Summer

Features of the Human Face on Coins

Listen to the answers of an economist, banker, professor and money manager

Vanity Fair

Filmduration: 21 minutes

Published 1948

The Turn of the Screw

2-minute video from the series "success stories"

Meistererzählungen

trying to modernize Russia - and fell Victim to the troubled Times

Aldous Huxley

Money and Relationship I: What constitutes the «I» in modern times?

Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus

The MoneyMuseum Book Collection

Candide / Zadig / L’Ingénu

A Christmas Carol

Collection MoneyMuseum

Mrs Jenny Treibel

Historiae animalium (Thierbuch), 1606

Money and Time III: The capitalist system is based on money as capital: money that yields more money.

An analysis on social justice

for the Middle East by Arnold Hottinger

Physiognomic Fragments

in Iconography between Sun God and Christ

and his Favourite Province mirrored by Coins

by Radio MoneyMuseum - as pdf-download

a picture tour

2-minute video from the series "success stories"

why it remained singular in Venetian Coinage

The city

Radetzkymarsch

Filmduration: 20 minutes

Les Misérables

15 stories

a coin tour

The poor man in Tockenburg

Thought Form I: Let you take on an imaginary journey to see what happens with monetary value as a pure number.

Continuous crises are a sign of a system breakdown.

a coin-podcast

Do you handle money like Scrooge McDuck, Charlie Brown, Happy-Go-Lucky or a moneymaker? Try this test and find out.

Image as Successor of Augustus and Agrippa

By Günter Hoffmann

- Respectable and Trustworthy

Beyond Money II: In the commons approach, money confronts something that involves collective participation.

A word play in German on love and life - it all depends on the direction of the "i".

– just a Tiresome Necessity? by Maria Dettenhofer

a 2-minute video from the series "success stories"

Moby Dick

anonymous author, published in Businessinsider 2014

Sansibar or Flight to Afar, Diogenes Verlag

Schweitzer Chronic, 1631

Filmduration: 72 minutes

of the MoneyMuseum

The 12 Characteristics of Modern Money

by Lukas M. Schneider

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World

Die Physiker (The Physicists)

2-minute video from the series "success stories"

Money and Time I: The economy is forced to make more money out of money.

Nero‘s Propaganda

Louis XIV of France, the Sun King balanced his state budget by means of a housekeeping book ....

Quiz questions to money and general knowledge - as app for your smart phone.

on the 50 Pfennig Coins in German Postwar Period

- Money in different Forms

- the Dollar of the Middle Ages

The Great Gatsby

Oblomow

We all use money and have a relationship to it. And this publication is about both aspects.

In modern times, a theory of money is inevitably a theory of society. Such theoretical effort is very much called for.

The Portrait of Dorian Gray

a coin tour

- Turning Their Back on the Continent

The Idiot

Coins from Pavia, 295 AD

Audio: Introduction Roman Republic Nr. 2

- Japan’s Road to the Yen

Introduction Roman Republic

Money Secrets based on interviews with enterpreneurs.

a picture tour

From alms to citizen’s income by Günter Hoffmann, Berlin

Bars of precious metal as Currency, Precursor of coined money and to store Wealth

a picture tour

Horse Chariot and Arethusa

Silver was incredibly precious in the early Middle Ages. How it was extracted, we see in Melle.

2-minute video from the series "success stories"

"Sunflower" critically examines money: The situation of money is critical, and the aim is to critically assess money.

Bearing rulers’ portraits, coins were always symbols of power.

A successful concept for the investor

a coin tour

MoneyMusuem’s wide-ranging exhibition on Bitcoin, including its many videos, is available here online.

Terror - the beginning of political murder.

a coin tour

2-minute video from the series "success stories"

of 16th Century Coinage in Ferrara and France

Voltaire and Rousseau

Bottom-Fishing: How to Avoid the Traps, a chart service by FinGraphs

Money and Material III: From a coin as a unit of exchange value to a function that is only defined digitally.

- The Yen

Remedies against Fortune, 1572

... to Attila, Charlemagne, Archduke Sigismund and Emperor Charles V

Milan between 1412 and 1447

The beat rhythm has its origin in the fact that we have to deal with money every single day.

Gotha numaria, 1730

a coin tour

Thought Form III: We can buy everything with money, and we interpret everything in the form it assumes through money.

I Ging

The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.

Money is both real and unreal at the same time. Why is this and why is value a product of imagination?

The Works of the famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen of Florence, London 1680

Four books on measurement

De arithmetica and De institutione musicae

ThurnierBuch, 1532

The Thesis to the Origin of Money by Eske Bockelmann

utopia, dystopia and coping with the present

To search and download on moneymuseum.com

19th century Germany was bothered by many different currencies. Here, you learn how they became one.

Conquering Delphi, claiming Apollo

"Those who have will be given more, and will have an abundance."

A picture tour by Calista Fischer

Die Leute von Seldwyla (The People of Seldwyla)

Coins of the Roman Republic mirror a time when money, politics, commerce and war collided.

Don Quixote

About the four Functions and manifold Forms of Money

Das Totenschiff. Die Geschichte eines amerikanischen Seemanns (The Death Ship)

a video podcast

Great Expectations

Brigitta and other tales

Thus spoke Zarathustra

New Atlas, 1710

... in the Holy Roman Empire, 1150

The Decameron

Castle Gripsholm. A Summer Story

Sense and Sensibility

and humanistic tradition deciphered on the Dollar-bill

a picture tour

Audio: Introduction Roman Repuvblic Nr. 3

Self-portrait

Middlemarch

Money and Material II: How did coins actually come to physically represent exchange value? Eske Bockelmann explains.

by Herbert George Wells

Jane Eyre

A report from Ruanda

Money and Relationship II: In a modern society, its members are linked by dependence on money. What does this mean?

Die Verlobten (The Betrothed)

from the Kievan Empire to 1897 by Anton Seljak

a picture tour

of the MoneyMuseum

by Andreas Urs Sommer

Erewhon

The bloody end of the Staufer and the conquest of Sicily.

The Golden Ass, Manesse Verlag

Ocean health is a Black Elephant: un occurrence that is foreseeable but whose causes are ignored – until it happens.

a chart service for the investor

L'Ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, 1665

Madame Bovary

The White Heron, and Other Tales from the Country of the Pointed Firs

A coin named "Waserthaler" and a mayor who was thought to have betrayed his hometown. Not true – read the truth.

Meistererzählungen

Money and Exchange III: The emergence of the market economy made money the universal medium of interchange.

two examples

Ecuador has to repay its debt with oil - what does that mean?

a pictoure tour

Introduction to the Sunflower discussion group

Money and Power III: The need for money springs from governments.

- the Father of the First Single Currency a coin tour

A short statement

a picture tour

Filmduration: 23 minutes

Filmduration: 52 minutes

... and its Relation to Money

What is the cause of inflation and where does it lead us to?

By Katrin Schär

discrete centre of transaction networks and communication

The first opportunity to handle money …

a coin tour

Where did the Emperors take the money from?

Money and Power I: A toothbrush belongs to one person. The soil that feed many people follows other laws.

A Journey through Time in Ten Maps

Money and Exchange II: Purchasing replaces people’s comprehensive sense of obligation.

a picture tour

Travel around the World in 80 Days

for the investor

Treasure Island

by Harald Wessbecher

a coin tour

publiziert 1716

2-minute video from the series "success stories"

by Marcus Junkelmann

Der Besuch der alten Dame

The Scarlet Letter

Beyond Money III: The modern means of production and distribution are to be re-used – without money.

Is our money what we can call an original or a worthless copy, an empty promise?

She was a stunner. Daughter of an emperor, hostage and widow of a Gothic king ...

Songs of Germanic Gods and Heroes

- Islamic Money

an exhibition in theMoneyMuseum, Filmduration: 22 minutes.

a video podcast

Grimms’ Children’s and Household’s Tales

a picture tour

Discussion about the relationship between work and the ability of a job to generate meaning.

Money is … a fairy tale. One that comes true, if we all believe in it.

Master Tales

Change of Climate as trigger

a coin tour

... leaves no traces. Video explores some main differences between Eastern and Western mentalities.

In 2008, a financial crisis descended upon the world. A film sheds light on the backdrop and the history.

... and its consequences

A Lost Civilisation in Western Asia Minor

The Path to Modernity Taken by the Land of the Rising Sun by Dagmar Lorenz.

2-minute video from the series "success stories"

Holland in the 17th century

Sonnets

- The Copper Coins of Ancient Japan

Table talk

2-minute video from the series "success stories"

– the History of a Close Relationship by Christoph Weber-Berg, Zürich

Filmduration: 29 minutes

Diadoch in Macedonia, Greece and Asia c. 290 B.C.

Conversation Book

The MoneyMuseum Book Collection

Effi Briest

Roman Republic - The Roman army as the base of the Roman Empire

Texts and pictures of the most important currencies from Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Modern Times

AudioGuide Roman Republic

© Andreas Platthaus

Alsatia illustrata – Germanica / Gallica, 1761

Kangaroos, Maple Leaves and Pandas - a PictureTour

- the Basis for Everyday Money

Bel-Ami

by Dagmar Lorenz, Wiesbaden Germany

Ideal and Reality

Money defined in seven categories

Why is the sunflower the symbol for the Sunflower Foundation?

Consolation of Philosophy

Money influences our perception. An experiment by Theo Wehner.

Theatrum Machinarium, Oder: Schau-Platz der Heb-Zeuge, 1725

a chart service for the investor

Gründliche Anleitung zur Artillerie, 1660

a view from history

a course on the symbolism of the sunflower

The legendary wealth of king Kroesus is still known today ....

On Human Relations

of Akragas of 406 B.C.

The sea wolf

by Dagmar Lorenz

Jürg Conzett, MoneyMuseum’s founder, shares his thoughts on the nature of money.

Money and Exchange I: Exchange, gift, obligation – when, where and how do they come into play?

Max Havelaar

The Forgers

in the money markets

of the MoneyMuseum

The Martian Chronicles

Beyond Money I: Is it possible to think beyond money, since we only know the world shaped by money?

- Traditional Money in Africa a picture tour

Walden or Life in the Woods

– from Gustav Vasa until Today

Charles Baudelaire

Short video on how to attain it

In the second half of the 17th century, Scotland became part of the UK

Fahrenheit 451

Get an answer in 90 seconds

by Cornelia Isler-Kerényi

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Der Steppenwolf

A fatal accident, a question of destiny and a strong personality.

a coin tour

Wuthering Heights

a coin tour

Brief Survey of the Monetary History of the United States

Iwein, Manesse Verlag

Pride and Prejudice

c. 2000 BC to 1960 AD

Stiller

by Carol Schwyzer

Where did the meat come from which was consumed in medieval Nuremberg?

5th Century B.C. Athens

Prof. Dr. Theo Wehner views mistakes as learning chances

a video podcast

Collected Fairy Tales

The search for Aesillas leads us to the means the Romans used to conquer Asia Minor.

... since when has money been in existence?

a picture tour

von der Renaissance bis zur Moderne

beautiful High Relief Coinage

Russia and the terror crisis under Czar Alexanders II. (1855-1881)

visually explained

This video shows why this great currency fell apart.

Exhibition MoneyMuseum

a picture tour

The medieval world order

Master Tales

- the Thinnest Coins of Monetary History

by Robert Schneebeli

The Life of Capitán Alonso de Contreras. By himself.

On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia

minted its own Large Silver Coins on Tyrolean Model in 1494 A.D.

eine Bildertour

Prof. Dr. Theo Wehner talks about activity and purpose

a coin tour

by Peter Wolf

of the MoneyMuseum

Il Milione

Works (Tutte le opere …), Geneva 1560

Filmduration: 39 minutes

by Ursula Kampmann

Im Gespräch (Conversations with Goethe)

Animal Farm

a coin tour

Collected Tales. The Tremolino/ Because of the Dollars/ The Secret Sharer ...

Of Illness and their Cure, 1771

AudioGuide Roman Republic

financial markets and the virtuality of values

Videoduration: 15 minutes

a picture tour

The Maltese Falcon

... how athletes were honored during the era of the Roman Empire

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Der Hound of the Baskervilles

... on justice and freedom of action

A picture tour by Ursula Kampmann

a coin tour

The two main branches of Chinese philosophy, Confucianism and Taoism, have their common roots here ...

Usury, purgatory, and Francis of Assisi

a video podcast

A money-free world: Would it be possible? Would we make it possible?

Filmduration: 7 minutes

an exhibition at the MoneyMuseum

2-minute video from the series "success stories"

A chat with Peter Koenig, by nicaskew.com

The world’s oldest book remains a rich source of wisdom today. A film as introduction.

Stopfkuchen.

- from the Vikings until today

a podcast of the year in 1527

... as Business Cards of Switzerland

in Classical Antiquity

Money and Relationship III: Our world as external world is made into a sellable thing, a commodity.

the tetradrachms of Alexander the Great

Money and currencies in history from earliest times to the euro

Filmdauer: 27 Minuten

a picture tour

Volunteers often find their work more meaningful than professionals do.

Who wanted the crusades?

The Beautiful and the Damned

Tewje, the Milkman

Filmduration: 32 minutes

In brief, it is the key to understanding what money does to us – and what it does to the world.

The golden Calf - A Millionaire in the Sowjet Union

a coin tour

of Switzerland.

The golden Age / Dream Days

Money and Material I: What are the origins of money?

Johannes Pistorius (1546-1608)

Der Kontrabass (The Double Bass)

Satyricon

Crises influence each other. The presented content highlights the causes and their relationship to money.

from the French Role Model with explicit Alpine Connotation and Democratic Topics

We need money for the necessities of life. Thus – money must shape our thinking. What implications does that have?

Robinson Crusoe

Youth without God

The self-conception of the bourgeoisie and the new money market

Thought Form II: Money and merchandise veil themselves in subject and object.

Testimonial: how a long-term user uses FinGraphs

by Joachim Rau, author of «Märkte, Mächte, Monopole.»

Filmduration: 34 minutes

Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430) experiences an identity crisis.

a coin podcast

The Conflict of Investitures was not only a matter of clerical authority, but also of money.

a picture tour

2-minute video from the series "success stories"

Reminiscences

Old Goriot

a coin tour

Book Collection MoneyMuseum

Carmen

Canterbury Tales

PictureTour by Irma Götz and Christa Kaps

– in the Service of the State by Maria Dettenhofer

– the Birth of Tolerance

Hammer and sickle in the Austrian coat of arms?

Money and Time II: The economy is forced to make more money out of money. But what actually drives this compulsion?

2-minute-video from the series "success stories"

Money and Power II: It’s the people in our society who are forced to buy and sell.

Germinal

Legenda aurea / Heiligenlegenden

The MoneyMuseum Book Collection

a picture tour

Copyright PM, von Peter Boccarius

2-minute video with Cornelius Robin, entrepreneur with Switcher

Clarissa Harlowe

of the MoneyMuseum

Augsburg‘s bloom till 1618, tax rolls reflect its decline since the Thirty Years‘ War

Chronique du règne de Charles IX

from his Stress Syndrome and dedicated coins to Asclepius of Pergamum