Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan

35°41′7.33″N 139°46′18.47″E / 35.6853694°N 139.7717972°E / 35.6853694; 139.7717972TypeNumismatic museumPublic transit accessMitsukoshimaeWebsitewww.imes.boj.or.jp (in Japanese)

The 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

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  Wadōkaichin coin from 8th century Japan
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  Philoxenus Indo-Greek coin in the Indian square standard
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  Antialcidas wearing the kausia

See also

• Japanese currency
• List of museums in Tokyo

References

External links

TopicsCoinage

Pre-Edo	Mumonginsen 667–672 Huhonsen 683 Kocho Junisen 708–958 Kaiki Shoho 760 Taihei Genpō 760
Edo	Koban 1601–1868 Kan'ei Tsūhō 1626–1868 Ichibuban 1714–1854 Shu (silver) 1772–1869 Shu (gold) 1824–1869 Tenpō Tsūhō 1835-1870 Ichibugin 1837–1869
Multi	Chinese coinage & imitations c. 1101–1700 Mon 1336–1870 Bitasen 1404–1670 Ryukyuan mon 1454–1879 Ryō 1500s–1871 Ōban 1573–1862

Paper currency