I'll go a different route and recommend that you read The Ascent of Money[1]. It's much more engaging to read vs an econ textbook and it will give you a much better understanding of money, currency, and finance by starting way back at the beginning of modern civilization. It effectively explains all of the major concepts of international finance (bonds, insurance, stocks, currency, loans, etc) through the real-world examples which created them.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Ascent-Money-Financial-History-World/...

More popular history:

https://www.amazon.com/Ascent-Money-Financial-History-World/...

https://www.amazon.com/Splendid-Exchange-Trade-Shaped-World/...

https://www.amazon.com/Cash-Nexus-Money-Modern-1700-2000/dp/...

https://www.amazon.com/Devil-Take-Hindmost-Financial-Specula...

Academic but readable:

https://www.amazon.com/Manias-Panics-Crashes-History-Financi...

https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Financial-Capitalism-Internation...