Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan

35°41′7.33″N 139°46′18.47″E / 35.6853694°N 139.7717972°E / 35.6853694; 139.7717972TypeNumismatic museumPublic transit accessMitsukoshimaeWebsitewww.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.^[1] In 2010, there was an exhibition of wallets from the Edo Period (1603–1867) and Meiji Era (1868–1912).^[1]

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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

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TopicsCoinage

Pre-Edo	Mumonginsen 667–672 Huhonsen 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 Ōban 1573–1862

Paper currency