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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
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. 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

References

1. ^ Edan Corkill, Bank of Japan Currency Museum invests in exhibition on wallets, Japan Times, 13 August 2010.

External links

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

v t e Japanese currency (pre-yen)
	Topics	Currency Museum (Japan) Kocho Junisen List of Japanese cash coins by inscription List of Japanese coinage patterns Mother coin Nagasaki trade coins Numismatic charm Momme (unit) Yen currency
	Coinage	Pre-Edo Mumonginsen 667–672 Fuhonsen 683 Wadōkaichin 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 c. 1101–1700 Mon 1336–1870 Bitasen 1404–1670 Ryukyuan mon 1454–1879 Ryō 1500s–1871 Koshu Gold 1506–1871 Ōban 1573–1862
	Paper currency	Edo period scrip Hatamoto Negotiable instrument Rice stamps

v t e Japanese currency (1870–present)
	Topics	Bank of Japan Currency Museum Countermarked yen ("Gin") Japan Mint Japanese invasion money Japanese yen Banknotes List of Japanese coinage patterns Meiji Tsuho National Printing Bureau Pre-yen currency Trade dollars
	Circulating currency (Japanese yen)	Coinage ¥1 ¥5 ¥10 ¥50 ¥100 ¥500 Banknotes ¥1000 ¥2000 ¥5000 ¥10,000
	Historical coinage	Rin 1r 5r Sen 1⁄2s 1s 2s 5s 10s 20s 50s Yen ¥2 ¥20
	Historical banknotes	Sen 5s 10s 20s 50s Yen ¥1 ¥2 ¥5 ¥10 ¥20 ¥50 ¥100 ¥200 ¥500 Military Japanese military currency 1894–1918 1937–1945 Allied Military Currency A yen B yen
	Commemoratives	¥100 ¥500 ¥1000 ¥5000 ¥10,000 ¥50,000 ¥100,000

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