List of central banks
This is a list of central banks. Countries that are only partially recognized internationally are marked with an asterisk (*).
Former central banking jurisdictions
City of Amsterdam – Bank of Amsterdam (1609-1791)[1]
City of Barcelona – Taula de canvi de Barcelona (1401-1714)[1]
British East Africa – East African Currency Board (1919-1966)
Independent State of Croatia – Croatian State Bank (Hrvatska Državna Banka, 1941-1945)
Czechoslovakia – National Bank of Czechoslovakia (1926–1939 and 1945-1950) and State Bank of Czechoslovakia (1950–1992)
Free City of Frankfurt – Frankfurter Bank (1854-1875)
Republic of Genoa – Bank of Saint George (1407-1805)[1]
German Democratic Republic – Deutsche Notenbank (1948-1968) and Staatsbank der DDR (1968-1990)
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg – Hamburger Bank (1619-1875)[1]
Korea under Japanese and American rule – Bank of Korea (1909–1950)
Manchukuo – Central Bank of Manchou (1932-1945)
General Government - Bank of Issue in Poland (1940-1945)
Kingdom of Prussia – Königliche Hauptbank (1765-1846) and Bank of Prussia (1847-1875)
Kingdom of Sardinia – Banca Nazionale negli Stati Sardi (1849-1861), itself formed through the merger of Banca di Genova (1846-1849) and Banca di Torino (1847-1849)
South Vietnam – National Bank of Vietnam (1954-1975)
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – Banco di Napoli, under different names from 1463 to final end of central banking role in 1926[1]
Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Banca di Firenze (1816-1893), renamed National Tuscan Bank from 1857
Soviet Union – People's Bank (1917-1922) and Gosbank (1922-1991)
Republic of Venice – Banco del Giro (1524-1806)[1]
Yugoslavia – the National Bank of Serbia, successively named National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1920-1929), National Bank of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929-1946), and National Bank of Yugoslavia (1946-2003)
See also
- Central banks and currencies of Africa
- Central banks and currencies of the Caribbean
- Central banks and currencies of Central America and South America
- Central banks and currencies of Europe
- List of currencies
- International Monetary Fund – Lender of last resort to countries short of liquidity
- Bank for International Settlements – an international organisation which fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks.
Notes
- Ulrich Bindseil (2019). Central Banking before 1800: A Rehabilitation. Oxford University Press.
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