To many people of a certain age, the peseta is evocative of holidays in Spain when bundles of this exotic currency might buy a round of sangria or a paella. However, for Spaniards who may have guarded ...

Although they ceased to circulate more than two decades ago, old pesetas still hold value. Many of these coins and banknotes have transformed from mere souvenirs into sought-after collector’s items.

Getting a wallet full of different money was, well, part of the fun of going on holiday in Europe a few decades ago. Odd-looking and slightly exotic peseta, escudo, guilder, lire and franc notes and ...

The euro is the currency used by countries within the eurozone, but it is a relative newcomer in the currency world. Here, we look at the histories of the various old currencies of Europe before the ...