Coins, Currency, and Medals

The museum possesses one of the largest and most diverse numismatic collections in the world. Its diverse holdings represent every inhabited continent and span more than three millennia. The collection includes coins, paper money, medals, tokens, commodity and alternative currencies, coin dies, printing plates, scales and weights, financial documents and apparatuses, credit cards, and objects that reflect established and emerging digital monetary technologies worldwide.

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1754
date on object
1754-03-09
ID Number
NU.88.0790.09
accession number
1988.0790
catalog number
88.0790.09
serial number
4517
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.091720
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.091720
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.108966
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.108966
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.051519
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.051519
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.120294
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.120294
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.102801
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.102801
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.048946
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.048946
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.112510
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.112510
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.096829
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.096829
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.106120
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.106120
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.099385
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.099385
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issuing authority
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manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.089526
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.089526
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.115437
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.115437
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.115694
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.115694
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.108918
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.108918
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.090204
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.090204
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.102404
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.102404
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.106711
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.106711
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.094222
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.094222
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.098409
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.098409
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issuing authority
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manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.049254
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.049254
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.105437
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.105437
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.113307
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.113307
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issuing authority
U.S. Department of the Treasury
manufacturer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
ID Number
NU.297219.092940
accession number
297219
catalog number
297219.092940

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