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Visit the MoneyMuseum, one of the first virtual museums for the history of money and currency. At its core you will find coins, images, historical maps and texts on money and the global history which illuminate the period from antiquity to present-day times. We offer you different kinds of access: you can search our database for interesting coins, sort the coin collection according to periods or visit one of our coin tours. And that is not all ...
OUR TIPS: Bride Money and Other Ceremonial Currencies
On January 4, 2010, the South African president Jacob Zuma married his fiancée Thobeka Mabhija. The ceremony was held according to the traditions of Zuma's Zulu tribe. Beforehand the president had pai...
OUR TIPS: Mass Media in Past and Present Time
Before children start to speak properly today, they watch television. Images communicate contents, even without oral or written commentaries. Since this understanding is anything but new, images were ...
COIN COLLECTION: Roman Empire, Antoninus Pius (138-161) for his Wife Diva Faustina I, Aureus, c. 150
The Spaniard Anna Galeria Faustina maior was the wife of Emperor Antoninus Pius. Her husband loved her dearly and lavished her with titles of honor. After his accession to the throne, Antoninus Pius m...
COIN COLLECTION: Roman Empire, Valentinian III (425-455) for his Mother Galla Placidia (*392, † 450 AD), Tremissis, c. 425
The life of Galla Placidia was so adventurous that it is quite surprising that nobody has made a movie out of it yet. When the Visigoths sacked and pillaged the city of Rome in 410 AD, Placidia was ta...
TEXT COLLECTION: The Eight Deadly Sins of Globalisation
Mistakes we’ve got to learn from
Why does everybody talk about it, everywhere and at all times? And who has managed to avoid its impact? Globalisation affects everyone these days; no one is immune. But few people can give such a clear explanation of its advantages and disadvantages as Joachim Rau, a German economist. He lists no fewer than eight deadly sins that have been committed in the name of globalisation. What they are – and why they’re deadly – can be seen now in the MoneyMuseum.
COIN TOURS: The Solidus – the Dollar of the Middle Ages
It was the symbol of imperial power in Byzantium. Popular and willingly accepted everywhere in the then-known world, it was admired and copied by many kings in many kingdoms. There was no coin that co...
PICTURE TOURS: The MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse in Zurich, Switzerland
By Irma Götz, © MoneyMuseum 2003
(Translated by Graham Pascoe)
Picture Tours
The MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse in Zurich, Switzerland
By Irma Götz, © MoneyMuseum 2003
(Translated by Graham Pascoe)
The story of money: the rise and fall of the world’s currencies, the history of the coins in our pockets and the ba...
Coin Tours
The Taler – the Trade Currency of the 16th Century
Towards the end of the 15th century, innovations in the mining industry allowed for a more intensive yield of the European silver pits. The lack of gold coins – due to the scarcity of gold deposits...
Picture Tours
Currencies of the Classical World
© MoneyMuseum 2002
(Translated by Graham Pascoe)
The list of currencies represented at the MoneyMuseum doesn’t quite reach from A to Z, but almost from antoninianus to uncia. The...