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		zaarn on Aug 31, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: At the world's oldest social housing, rent hasn't ... Back then Germany didn't exist quite yet as country. Fugger charged people in Augsburg in Rheinische Gulden.

orblivion on Aug 31, 2021 [–]

I was still expecting that Wikipedia would list the historical currencies in the area, and they did list some. Presumably there was continuity of culture over the centuries despite political bodies and boundaries.

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