This stockshots production offers a visual portrait of consumption practices and payment methods in Europe between 1960 and 1999, drawing on archival footage from the European Commission’s media library. It observes the act of purchasing in everyday retail settings (local shops, open-air markets, butchers, supermarkets, duty free shops and banks), highlighting gestures, places, tools and interactions between customers and shopkeepers. This compilation also provides a visual journey showing European everyday monetary practices before the transition to the single currency.