Afterwards, the new German mark was pegged to gold, at its prewar parity. How did this happen? How did the new gold standard emerge? The first thing that happened was that Gustav Stresemann was ...

A treasure hunter has found two bags of Nazi gold buried in a German field. The haul of 217 coins was wrapped in tar paper embossed with the swastika and Third Reich eagle, plus the word ...

with a gold-backed currency, expanding industry, and world leadership in optics, chemicals, and machinery. The German Mark, the British shilling, the French franc, and the Italian lira all had ...