Mehr als 11.000 Menschen besuchten die Hauptverwaltung der Bundesbank in Hessen, um am Tag der offenen Tür einen Blick hinter die Kulissen der deutschen Zentralbank zu werfen.

Having ascended the throne aged just 28, the Prussian King Frederick II was one of the leading figures of his time. His contemporaries gave him the epithet "the Great" just several years into his reign on account of Prussia rising to become a major power under his rule.

Our special piece references the successes of Emperor Titus Flavius Domitianus (81–96) in Germania. The coin shows his portrait wearing a laurel wreath. On the reverse of the aureus, the mourning Germania is depicted, sitting on a Germanic shield. Beside her lies a broken spear.

The Byzantine Empire was one of the most significant and powerful states in the Middle Ages. It emerged from the eastern part of the Roman Empire, which was split into two in AD 395. The modern name "Byzantine Empire" is derived from the ancient Greek city of Byzantium. The Byzantines, however, considered themselves Roman. Constantinople, now Istanbul, was the capital of their empire. Its namesake, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (306-337), refounded the city on the site of Byzantium.

Im ersten Quartal 2023 belief sich der Bestand an von Investmentfonds (ohne Geldmarktfonds) begebenen Anteilen auf 15 302 Mrd. € und war damit um 304 Mrd. € höher als im ersten Quartal 2023.

Ein digitaler Euro könnte nicht nur den Zahlungsverkehr stärken, sondern auch unser tägliches Leben vereinfachen, betonte Bundesbankvorstand Burkhard Balz in einer Rede zum Projekt „Digitaler Euro" bei der Hauptverwaltung der Bundesbank in Bremen, Niedersachsen und Sachsen-Anhalt. Der Trend zum Bargeld sei rückläufig, während die Nachfrage nach digitalen Zahlungsmitteln ansteige. Der Fokus des digitalen Zentralbankgeldes liege auf den Bedürfnissen und Anforderungen der Bürgerinnen und Bürger, während Schutzmechanismen für Stabilität und Privatsphäre sorgten.

Im zweiten Quartal 2023 erhöhte sich der Bestand an von finanziellen Mantelkapitalgesellschaften/Verbriefungszweckgesellschaften (FMKGs) im Euroraum begebenen Schuldverschreibungen auf 1 783 Mrd. € nach 1 741 Mrd. € im Vorquartal.

The Macedonian king Alexander the Great is considered to this day to be a great general and conqueror. At the head of his army, he invaded the Persian Empire, the largest and most powerful of its time, which stretched from the eastern coast of the Mediterranean to the Indian subcontinent.

Constans was the youngest son of Constantin I the Great. He was only a boy when his father accorded him the rank of Caesar (emperor-designate). With the death of Constantin I in 337, his three sons Constantin II, Constantius II and Constans adopted the title of Augustus and divided the empire amongst themselves.

Frederick II, of the House of Hohenstaufen and King of Sicily, took an extraordinary step when he started minting gold coins in 1231. This is because, for many centuries, the Christian West had been shaped purely by silver currency. Frederick II’s gold coins, called augustales, were something special: the quality of the image and their embossing are unique for their time. Augustales are extraordinary coins minted by an extraordinary ruler.