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The MoneyMuseum is one of the first currency museums to put its coin collection on the Internet. Its around 2,500 objects mainly document the history of Western key currencies but also give you an insight into the world of traditional means of payment. You can explore the collection either by using the individual Search options or by search for Periods. In the Library you will find interesting coin and picture tours. Apps, money tests and other attractive offers are at your disposal under Services.
MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse with new opening times
The MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse 106 in Zurich opens until further notice exclusively for guided tours in German after booking in advance. On the website of the Sunflower Foundation, the MoneyMuseum's umbrella organization, you will learn more about it ...
COIN COLLECTION: Liberia/Sierra Leone/Guinea, Kissi People, Kilindi (Kissi Penny), until Mid-20th Century
The name of this money is Kilindi. But because these rods were made by the Kissi people, the Europeans used to call them Kissi pennies. The Kissi people live in the hinterlands of Guinea, Liberia and ...
COIN COLLECTION: Congo, Katanga Cross, until early 20th century
The Africans used various forms of metal money long before the Europeans arrived. Especially copper ore is frequent in Africa. It can often be exploited in surface mining. Hence metal currencies were ...
COIN TOURS: Chinese Currency History – from Cowrie to Cash
Around 1500 BC the Chinese used snail shells as means of payment; later the shells were imitated from bone or copper. At about the same time tool coins began to circulate, for instance in the form of ...
PICTURE TOURS: The MoneyMuseum Book Collection: Books of the Renaissance
© MoneyMuseum 2005 The ancient Greeks and Romans knew a lot about nature and the essence of the world. However, during the Middle Ages, which were aimed on the understanding of the afterlife rather t...