The Gesellschaft für Internationale Geldgeschichte (GIG - Association for International History of Money) is a non-profit organisation incorporated in

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, dedicated to scientific research in

history of money The history of money concerns the development throughout time of systems that provide the functions of money. Such systems can be understood as means of trading wealth indirectly; not directly as with bartering. Money is a mechanism that facilit ...

(in particular

numismatics Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects. Specialists, known as numismatists, are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, but the discipline also includ ...

) and

medal A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be int ...

science.

History

GIG was founded in 1965 under the name „Museum für Internationale Geldgeschichte gemeinnützige Forschungsgesellschaft e.V.“. Its first president was Willy Fuchs (President 1965–1971 and 1971–1992), followed by Kurt Jaeger (1971–1974). Since 1992, Christian Stoess has been president. Since its establishment, GIG has issued '' Geldgeschichtliche Nachrichten (History of Money News)''. As of 2014, GIG has about 800 members in 30 countries across five continents. Since 1974, GIG has awarded an annual prize to

numismatist A numismatist is a specialist in numismatics ("of coins"; from Late Latin ''numismatis'', genitive of ''numisma''). Numismatists include collectors, specialist dealers, and scholars who use coins and other currency in object-based research. Altho ...

s or other monetary historians. The first laureate was Peter Berghaus.

Mission

In #2 of its articles, GIG quotes the following mission tasks, among others: * Promotion of scientific research in all areas of the history of coins, money and currencies as well as medal science * Publication of one-off and periodic papers (''Geldgeschichtliche Nachrichten'') * Providing of information on questions of coinage, monetary systems and medals as well as history of media of exchange * Maintenance of a relevant lending library for study purposes and an archive with records on coinage and history of money * Organization of events (lectures, collectors' meetings, exchange evenings, exhibitions and excursions) *Loan of instructional and illustrative material *Promotion of the collection of

coin A coin is a small, flat (usually depending on the country or value), round piece of metal or plastic used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order t ...

s, other monetary tokens and medals

External links

* http://www.gig-geldgeschichte.de {{DEFAULTSORT:Gesellschaft fur Internationale Geldgeschichte Numismatic associations History of money Non-profit organisations based in Hesse 1965 establishments in Germany