A kaleidoscope of currency reveals what humans have valued over time. Hi-resolution scans of banknotes from 23 countries ranging from the 1800s to the modern-day. Machine learning programs were used to zoom in on the intricacies of the engravings.
1933
1939
1937
2019
1977
1980
2004
1935
2022
2015
2021
1974
2018
1955
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1982
2020
2024