Transaction Database
A record of historical creative expenditure denominated in gold, organized by country. Each entry is a transaction (a payment, a commission, a budget) converted into grams of fine gold for direct comparison across centuries and currencies. Why gold? The methodology explains.
Contemporary
Commodities
What physical goods weigh in fine gold, monthly since 1960. The same unit of account as the records below, pointed at the present.
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Africa
Algeria Egypt Ethiopia Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa
Americas
Asia-Pacific
Europe
AustriaBelgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland FranceGermanyGreece Hungary Iceland Ireland ItalyLatvia Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom
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