Too lazy to research others, but I don’t believe it.
This very much depends on what you consider still “in use”. Because the only thing that the modern versions of these courencies have in common with the orginal ones is the name. And even the names arent realy the same for all of these. Like the Russian ruble wasnt always the russian rouble (ie it was the Soviet ruble) and certainly wasnt called the Russian ruble in 1200.
well if the name is all that matters, then hungary and the forint with 1252 definitely qualifies
Neither ruble nor dinar are the same currency as those first introduced. In contrast, you can technically still pay in American stores with dollar coins minted in 1790s.
You might as well claim that Polish zloty was first introduced in 14th century because that’s when the term was first used for gold coins used in Poland.
why ruble is here? the same way we can add hryvnia to this list, its even older
Better title would be “old currency names still used today”. Not as catchy but much more accurate. For example in Russia you can’t even pay with soviet ruble anymore, not to speak of any tsarist era money.
There was no ruzzia to begin with. Ruzzian ruble… what a joke. With this logic where’s Ukrainian hryvna?
The continuous use of the name Dinar/Denari in north africa for the currency dates back to the Roman Empire (146 BC) so technically older than all of those currencies
Złoty has been the official currency in Poland since 1496 and the name itself has been in use for much longer (although it just means ‘golden’ so it was a generic name)
as the British pound literally just became decimal in the last century does that even count?
TIL: They used russian rubles in the USSR.
You know it’s bad when the “Sterling” is called “pound”
One is the name of the currency, the other is the name of a unit of account for said currency
Nowadays, a lot of currency use the same (dollar, euro) for both, but it wasn’t the case prior to the 18th century, because you could create new money with different metal contents. Speaking of which, with a 19th century USD, I can still do my grocery. Good luck paying anything with a Victorian guinea or a sovereign.
Not even mentioning a “Russian Ruble” that would precede Russia itself, despite COLOSSAL monetary reforms along the way (first circulation in the 18th century, then the various soviets and post-soviets monetary reforms of the 20s and 90s).
Didn’t they change the British pound in maybe the 60’s? Made it decimal? Did I dream of this?
BS
Love Reddit
Experts unanimously: “The Pound is the oldest currency in the world”
Reddit: “well actually…..”
Edit: People are generally upset Britain has the oldest currency, its pettiness on a whole new level.
“currency that is still in use” is literally coins or pieces of paper that will still be accepted for payment.
russian ruble today is not the same currency as russian ruble of 1980s, not to mention 1200s. You can’t use a ruble from 1980s to pay where russian rubles are accepted today.
In contrast, you **can** use a US dollar from the 1800s to pay today, because it **is** the same currency (although you would probably be better off selling it as a collector’s item). But it’s also not *really* the *same* currency, because it became a fiat currency on August 15, 1971 (meaning it previously derived its value from the government guaranteeing that they will give you a set amount of gold for it, and then it changed to “I won’t guarantee that I will give you gold or anything else for it anymore, but I am decreeing that this piece of paper has value – just trust me, bro!” [“fiat” literally means “by government decree”]).
Yeah funny thing about ruble. It’s means “to chop” because it’s just a piece of the older currency – it’s half of the ukrainian hryvnia. So why the hell poor ruble is here and not the original hryvnia?
That’s utter bull shit. The currency of the Rus (which is not Russia) was the Grivna/Gryvna/Gryvnya/Hryvna/Hryvnya (which Ukraine’s currency refers to) until the 12th century. Grivna, at first, was a weight measurement, but later was used for a set worth of silver.
After the Mongol invasion and the dissolution of the Rus the money system shifted towards the system of the Mongol Empire. Muscovy, whose dukes got the right to collect taxes for the Mongols, started to mint silver coins, called “denga”. The word was loaned from Turkic languages and became the Russian word for money in general (деньги – dengi). Because the shift to coins was not immediate, they were still using Grivnas and started to hack them into pieces to pay smaller prices. Those hacked pieces of silver were called “рубль” (ruble), from the Slavic root of the word, that describes hacking or chopping. Since the late 16th century the word “ruble” was used for coins minted in Moscow and thus became the name of the currency.
You can’t dig up hacked silver from the 1200s and pay in a Russian shop, the same way you can’t dig up an old Grivna and pay with it in Ukraine.
By that logic, the former Croatian currency is the oldest in the world, as “kuna” means “marten”, a weasel-like animal that was used as currency for its fine pelt. And we all now, that paying with pelts is going way back to the olden days.
What a bunch of bullshit. Ukrainian hryvna is way older than ruble, dating back to at least 11th century.
That is bullshit. Polish zloty has been in use since 1528.
Why not Ukrainian hryvnia?
They had iron pieces they called hryvnia back in the rus times. Why does it go to the 1200 when there were no Russia state?
Russia appropriating the history once again. Posting this for people to learn history better, dont care about politics much
Worth noting the pound wouldn’t have been called British until at the earliest the 1600s; prior to that, British almost exclusively referred to the native Britons, i.e. the Cymry, Cornish, et al
The Danish Krone is from 1618… This list is pure shit.
Used to be Greek drachma, until they changed to Euro.
How to learn history:
1. Post random fact on Reddit. Doesn’t need to be true.
2. Get a lot of corrections, maybe with references.
The greek Drachme was 2000 years in use before they dropped it for the damn Euro in 2002
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I don’t believe it.
Sources?
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_ruble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_ruble)
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Too lazy to research others, but I don’t believe it.
This very much depends on what you consider still “in use”. Because the only thing that the modern versions of these courencies have in common with the orginal ones is the name. And even the names arent realy the same for all of these. Like the Russian ruble wasnt always the russian rouble (ie it was the Soviet ruble) and certainly wasnt called the Russian ruble in 1200.
well if the name is all that matters, then hungary and the forint with 1252 definitely qualifies
Neither ruble nor dinar are the same currency as those first introduced. In contrast, you can technically still pay in American stores with dollar coins minted in 1790s.
You might as well claim that Polish zloty was first introduced in 14th century because that’s when the term was first used for gold coins used in Poland.
why ruble is here? the same way we can add hryvnia to this list, its even older
Better title would be “old currency names still used today”. Not as catchy but much more accurate. For example in Russia you can’t even pay with soviet ruble anymore, not to speak of any tsarist era money.
There was no ruzzia to begin with. Ruzzian ruble… what a joke. With this logic where’s Ukrainian hryvna?
The continuous use of the name Dinar/Denari in north africa for the currency dates back to the Roman Empire (146 BC) so technically older than all of those currencies
Złoty has been the official currency in Poland since 1496 and the name itself has been in use for much longer (although it just means ‘golden’ so it was a generic name)
as the British pound literally just became decimal in the last century does that even count?
TIL: They used russian rubles in the USSR.
You know it’s bad when the “Sterling” is called “pound”
One is the name of the currency, the other is the name of a unit of account for said currency
Nowadays, a lot of currency use the same (dollar, euro) for both, but it wasn’t the case prior to the 18th century, because you could create new money with different metal contents. Speaking of which, with a 19th century USD, I can still do my grocery. Good luck paying anything with a Victorian guinea or a sovereign.
Not even mentioning a “Russian Ruble” that would precede Russia itself, despite COLOSSAL monetary reforms along the way (first circulation in the 18th century, then the various soviets and post-soviets monetary reforms of the 20s and 90s).
Didn’t they change the British pound in maybe the 60’s? Made it decimal? Did I dream of this?
BS
Love Reddit
Experts unanimously: “The Pound is the oldest currency in the world”
Reddit: “well actually…..”
Edit: People are generally upset Britain has the oldest currency, its pettiness on a whole new level.
“currency that is still in use” is literally coins or pieces of paper that will still be accepted for payment.
russian ruble today is not the same currency as russian ruble of 1980s, not to mention 1200s. You can’t use a ruble from 1980s to pay where russian rubles are accepted today.
In contrast, you **can** use a US dollar from the 1800s to pay today, because it **is** the same currency (although you would probably be better off selling it as a collector’s item). But it’s also not *really* the *same* currency, because it became a fiat currency on August 15, 1971 (meaning it previously derived its value from the government guaranteeing that they will give you a set amount of gold for it, and then it changed to “I won’t guarantee that I will give you gold or anything else for it anymore, but I am decreeing that this piece of paper has value – just trust me, bro!” [“fiat” literally means “by government decree”]).
Yeah funny thing about ruble. It’s means “to chop” because it’s just a piece of the older currency – it’s half of the ukrainian hryvnia. So why the hell poor ruble is here and not the original hryvnia?
That’s utter bull shit. The currency of the Rus (which is not Russia) was the Grivna/Gryvna/Gryvnya/Hryvna/Hryvnya (which Ukraine’s currency refers to) until the 12th century. Grivna, at first, was a weight measurement, but later was used for a set worth of silver.
After the Mongol invasion and the dissolution of the Rus the money system shifted towards the system of the Mongol Empire. Muscovy, whose dukes got the right to collect taxes for the Mongols, started to mint silver coins, called “denga”. The word was loaned from Turkic languages and became the Russian word for money in general (деньги – dengi). Because the shift to coins was not immediate, they were still using Grivnas and started to hack them into pieces to pay smaller prices. Those hacked pieces of silver were called “рубль” (ruble), from the Slavic root of the word, that describes hacking or chopping. Since the late 16th century the word “ruble” was used for coins minted in Moscow and thus became the name of the currency.
You can’t dig up hacked silver from the 1200s and pay in a Russian shop, the same way you can’t dig up an old Grivna and pay with it in Ukraine.
By that logic, the former Croatian currency is the oldest in the world, as “kuna” means “marten”, a weasel-like animal that was used as currency for its fine pelt. And we all now, that paying with pelts is going way back to the olden days.
What a bunch of bullshit. Ukrainian hryvna is way older than ruble, dating back to at least 11th century.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_hryvnia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_hryvnia)
That is bullshit. Polish zloty has been in use since 1528.
Why not Ukrainian hryvnia?
They had iron pieces they called hryvnia back in the rus times. Why does it go to the 1200 when there were no Russia state?
Russia appropriating the history once again. Posting this for people to learn history better, dont care about politics much
Worth noting the pound wouldn’t have been called British until at the earliest the 1600s; prior to that, British almost exclusively referred to the native Britons, i.e. the Cymry, Cornish, et al
The Danish Krone is from 1618… This list is pure shit.
Used to be Greek drachma, until they changed to Euro.
How to learn history:
1. Post random fact on Reddit. Doesn’t need to be true.
2. Get a lot of corrections, maybe with references.
The greek Drachme was 2000 years in use before they dropped it for the damn Euro in 2002
Credit u/Civixplorer