During the 19th century the city of Gothenburg was one of the most expansive in northern Europe and its economic position was strengthened. This is reflected in the City Museum's unique collection of coins and medals that began to build up during the period, which has never been shown to the public due to the lack of secure facilities. Remarkably, the city's 19th century economic history has also been poorly treated. The project will combine the coins, banknotes and other objects related to economic conditions with a study of the dramatic social transformation of the 19th century linked to industrialization. As a result of the project, the unique collection will be organized and digitized, making it accessible to everyone. The research on Gothenburg's 19th century contributes with a new picture of one of the most eventful phases in the city's history. Above all, the university and the City Museum will collaborate to work in completely new ways with both research issues and museum collections. It will be a lively collaboration with workshops for invited specialists, lectures for the public, which opens the door to a project that becomes a lively end product and continues to develop. A coin, a banknote or a share certificate that can be supplemented with names of people, something about their lives, perhaps an image and how the individual was and is dependent on the world economy will always be topical issues, regardless of boom or bust.