The 10 Oldest Currencies Still Used Today

By Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist

The foreign exchange market, or forex (FX), is a global marketplace where currencies are traded between nations.

Forex is the largest and most liquid market in the world, with over $6.6 trillion traded every day. It has no centralized location, and no single government authority oversees it. Some of the most traded currencies are the U.S. dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen, the Australian dollar, and the Swiss franc.

But did you know that some currencies have been around for centuries?