Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan

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
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. In 2010, there was an exhibition of wallets from the Edo Period (1603–1867) and Meiji Era (1868–1912).

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

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Official website (in English)