🪙 The Next Reserve Currency? · Invest & Retire Community

🪙 The Next Reserve Currency?

⚠️ For over 500 years, the world has seen a succession of reserve currencies held by various countries. Here's how it was:

🇵🇹 The Portuguese were the first to set the trend, with their currency being the world's reserve currency between 1450 and 1530. Portuguese real was in demand as the country dominated world trade and exploration

🇪🇸 Spain took over as the world's reserve currency from 1530 to 1640 as they became dominant in world trade and held vast amounts of gold and silver.

🇳🇱 The Dutch took over from 1640 to 1720 because of their economic and financial strength, including their dominance in the financial industry.

🇫🇷 France's currency took over from 1720 to 1815, largely due to their military and economic power.

🇬🇧 After Napoleon's defeat, the British pound took the leadership from 1815 to 1920 due to Britain's status as the world's economic powerhouse and its vast colonial empire.

🇺🇸 The United States then became the boss from 1920 to the present day. This change occurred mainly due to the growth of the US economy after World War I and the United State's role as a dominant military power.

🇨🇳 However, China is about to take the US's place, with its yuan becoming the next candidate.

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