Two updates to this: 1) Global History of Money (Kuroda) I found this one disappointing vs expectations due to the extended discussions of peasant markets in Europe and Asia. Think rando village markets. I just don’t need to see multiple examples here. Writing style is also somehow not very engaging, but don’t know why… Good treatment of “groß Geld” and “kleine Geld” issues, which is really, really important for stablecoins! If you’ve not been introduced to this concept elsewhere, the payoff makes the book much more useful. But I’d still recommend either Good Money or Almighty Dollar from the list below for best introduction (former for nerds, latter for casuals) 2) Rise and Decline of the Medici Bank 1397-1494 (De Roover) Interesting but definitely niche. This is a bit heavy on personal correspondence and personalities but the reproduced numbers from the Medici ledgers is pretty interesting. Definitely one to pick at or use as a reference book after a quick skim. Cover to cover will make you zone out.