Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan

Numismatic museum in Chūō, Tokyo

Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan

貨幣博物館

The Japan Currency Museum in Nihonbashi

Established| 1985
Location| 2-1-1 Nihonbashi-hongokucho, Chūō, Tokyo
Coordinates| 35°41′7.33″N 139°46′18.47″E﻿ / ﻿35.6853694°N 139.7717972°E﻿ / 35.6853694; 139.7717972
Type| Numismatic museum
Public transit access| Mitsukoshimae
Website| www.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

* Philoxenus Indo-Greek coin in the Indian square standard

* Antialcidas wearing the kausia

## See also

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* Money portal
* Numismatics portal

* Japanese currency
* List of museums in Tokyo

## References

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1. ^ 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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Japanese currency (pre-yen)

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