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- September 14, 2006 - October 21, 2006
€2 commemorative coins are special euro coins minted and issued by member states of the Eurozone since 2004 as legal tender in all Eurozone member states. The coins typically commemorate the anniversaries of historical events or draw attention to current events of special importance. As at 10 April 2006, eighteen variations of €2 commemorative coins have been minted — six in 2004, eight in 2005 and four in 2006. Four more are currently planned to be minted later in 2006. €2 commemorative coins have become collectibles.
- May 31, 2006 - September 14, 2006
Wall Street is the name of a narrow street in lower Manhattan running east from Broadway downhill to the East River. Considered to be the historical heart of the Financial District, it was the first permanent home of the New York Stock Exchange.
The phrase "Wall Street" is also used as a metonymy to refer to American financial markets and financial institutions as a whole. Interestingly, most New York financial firms are no longer headquartered on Wall Street, but elsewhere in lower or midtown Manhattan, Greenwich, Connecticut, or New Jersey. JPMorgan Chase, the last major holdout, sold its headquarters tower at 60 Wall Street to Deutsche Bank in November 2001.
- May 1, 2006 - May 31, 2006
The Bank of Japan (日本銀行 Nippon Ginkō) is the central bank of Japan. The Bank of Japan is headquartered in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, on the site of a former gold mint (the Kinza) and, not coincidentally, near the famous Ginza district, whose name means "silver mint". Despite featuring a Neo-baroque building from 1896 designed by Tatsuno Kingo, the Tokyo headquarters is a bit off the tourist track, and the better-placed Osaka branch in Nakanoshima is generally regarded as the symbol of the bank.
- November 13, 2005 - May 1, 2006
In 1936 the U.S. Treasury Department began construction of the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky on land deeded from the military. The 'Gold Vault' was completed in December 1936 at a cost of $560,000 and the first gold shipments were made from January to July 1937. The majority of the country's gold reserves were gradually shipped to the site.
- October 31, 2005 - November 13, 2005
Joseph Stiglitz (born February 9, 1943) is an American economist, author and winner of the John Bates Clark Medal (1979) and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (2001). He is one of the most famous contemporary economists and in addition to scholarly work he has published a number of books aimed at a general readership. He is best known for his critical view of globalization and international institutions like the International Monetary Fund while holding the extremely influential positions as Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank.
- August 24, 2005 - October 31, 2005
The gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed weight of gold. When several nations are using such a fixed unit of account, the rates of exchange among national currencies effectively become fixed.
- August 15, 2005 - August 24, 2005
In the west, during the Industrial Revolution, the use of child labor was commonplace, particularly in factories. Today, anti-child labour laws have been enacted by most countries and forced child labor is often considered a violation of human rights.
- August 9, 2005 - August 15, 2005
- July 29, 2005 - August 9, 2005
- July 16, 2005 - July 29, 2005
