Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan
Numismatic museum in Chūō, Tokyo
35°41′7.33″N 139°46′18.47″E / 35.6853694°N 139.7717972°E / 35.6853694; 139.7717972The Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan (貨幣博物館, Kahei-hakubutsukan), formally known as the Currency Museum, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan (日本銀行金融研究所貨幣博物館, Nihonginkō-kin'yū-kenkyūjo-kahei-hakubutsukan), is a museum about Japanese currency located in front of the Bank of Japan building in Chūō, Tokyo.
The museum opened in November 1985.[1] In 2010, there was an exhibition of wallets from the Edo Period (1603–1867) and Meiji Era (1868–1912).[1]
Gallery
- Wadōkaichin coin from 8th century Japan
- Philoxenus Indo-Greek coin in the Indian square standard
- Antialcidas wearing the kausia
See also
- Japanese currency
- List of museums in Tokyo
References
- ^ a b Edan Corkill, Bank of Japan Currency Museum invests in exhibition on wallets, Japan Times, 13 August 2010.
External links
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- List of Japanese coinage patterns
- Mother coin
- Nagasaki trade coins
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