- Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan
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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 Type Numismatic museum Public transit access Mitsukoshimae Website www.imes.boj.or.jp (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
- ^ a b Edan Corkill, Bank of Japan Currency Museum invests in exhibition on wallets, Japan Times, 13 August 2010.
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Official website (English)
Categories:- Museums established in 1985
- Museums in Tokyo
- Numismatic museums
- Bank of Japan
- 1985 establishments in Japan
- Asian museum stubs
- Japanese building and structure stubs
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