History Extra logo
  • Subscribe
  • Columnists
  • Newsletters
  • Historical TV and Film
  • Today in history
History Extra logo
The official website for BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed
  • Period
    • Back to Main menu
    • Roman
    • Viking
    • Anglo-Saxon
    • Medieval
    • Tudor
    • Second World War
    • View all Periods
  • People
    • Back to Main menu
    • Tutankhamun
    • Richard III
    • Henry VIII
    • Elizabeth I
    • Queen Victoria
    • Winston Churchill
    • View all People
  • Topics
    • Back to Main menu
    • Kings and queens
    • Weird and wonderful
    • Sex and love
    • Social history
    • Religious history
    • Women's history
    • Historical Q&As
    • Heritage visits
    • History hero
    • Historical recipes
    • Turning points in British history
    • View all Topics
  • Podcast
    • Back to Main menu
    • All podcasts
    • Podcast series
      • Back to Podcast
      • 15 minutes of fame
      • The end of Roman Britain
      • The Black Death
      • Salem witch trials
    • Transcripts
  • Video
    • Back to Main menu
    • Tudor Royal Women
    • Medieval Masterclass with Dan Jones
    • Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy Borman | History video series
  • Quizzes
  • Masterclasses
  • Magazines
    • Back to Main menu
    • BBC History Magazine
    • BBC History Revealed
    • BBC World Histories Magazine
    • Subscriber downloads
    • Special editions
    • About us
    • Subscribe
  • Subscribe
  • Subscribe
  • Columnists
  • Newsletters
  • Historical TV and Film
  • Today in history
  1. Home
  2. Money

Money

Nurses serve lunch to patients at a Birmingham hospital, 1939. (Photo by Humphrey Spender/Picture Post/Getty Images)
20th Century

Paying for healthcare: life in Britain before the ‘free’ NHS

King Henry I
Medieval

The Library How King Henry I made and blew a fortune

(Photo by Katie Edwards/Alamy Stock Photo)
General Modern

Do we really live in a less charitable society than 50 years ago?

Advertisement
While young ladies may have been daydreaming of handsome film stars such as Cary Grant, pictured here kissing the cheek of Ingrid Bergman in a publicity still for the 1946 film ‘Notorious’, agony aunts were keen to bring them back down to earth. (Photo by John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
General Modern

How to be a man: tips from 1930s agony aunts

Spies_Main-51973e6
First World War

Money, love and revenge: the motivations of spies through history

HenryVII_Main-6659994
Tudor

How did Henry VII spend his money?

RomanCoinMAIN-f7e3be7
Roman

Myth-making and belonging: the coins of the Roman provinces

G3BJ3C-2-164052f
Victorian

A brief history of Harrods

CorruptionMAIN-e5e7710
Stuart

Bribes, gifts and scandal: 7 stories of corruption that shocked Britain

Advertisement
Yolande Duvernay
Victorian

The French ballerina who became wealthier than Queen Victoria

Jubilant miners display a large gold nugget during the Klondike Gold Rush, c1897. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Victorian

The Library The deadly gold rush

Programme Name: Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow - TX: n/a - Episode: Operation Goldrush with Dan Snow - ep 1 - Mountain Passes (No. 1) - Picture Shows: in Canada on the Chilkoot trail; the historic route used by the “stampeders” of the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush Dan Snow - (C) BBC - Photographer: Ryan Atkinson
Victorian

Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow

Roman silver denarius coins AD 72 till 200 and were offered up at the beginning of the 4th century AD, from the Nydan Bog archaeological site. (Photo by Clare Rowan)
Roman

From bes to Bitcoin: alternative currencies in the ancient Roman world

Adolf Hitler (left) and his interpreter (centre) talking to Spanish leader Francisco Franco. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/US Army Signal Corps/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
Second World War

The Library Hitler’s fury, Franco’s guile and the bribe that saved the world

14.-E54-046-A4-3-cf5ea18
Period

In pictures: history’s most remarkable banknotes

  • Prev
  • Page 1
  • You're currently on page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Next

Sign up for the weekly HistoryExtra newsletter

Sign up to receive our newsletter!

Thanks! You're now subscribed to our newsletter.

Already have an account with us? Sign in to manage your newsletter preferences

Sign in
Register

By entering your details, you are agreeing to HistoryExtra terms and conditions and privacy policy. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Jubilee 22 footer
Subscribe AND receive a book!

Save up to 30% when you subscribe to either BBC History Magazine or History Revealed AND receive a book worth up to £30!*

Subscribe now
US banners July 21 Hist
USA Subscription offer

Try 3 issues for just $9.95!

Subscribe now
HEX_Podcast_100x100
HistoryExtra podcast

Listen to the latest episodes now

Listen here
History Extra logo
  • Visit us on Facebook
  • Visit us on Twitter
  • Visit us on Instagram
  • Visit us on Rss
  • About Us
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Code of Conduct
  • History Magazine Subscriptions
  • FAQ
  • Contact Us
  • Vacancies
  • Licensing
  • Find Us
  • Manage Privacy Settings
null Logo
History Extra is owned and published by Immediate Media Company Limited. BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed are published by Immediate Media Company Limited under licence from BBC Studios Distribution.© Immediate Media Company Ltd. 2022