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.

date made
1977
maker
unknown
ID Number
NU.84.17.09
catalog number
84.17.09
accession number
1984.0606
serial number
270
American Express was founded in 1850 in order to transport goods the US Postal Service would not deliver. By the end of the Civil War, there were over 900 American Express offices in 10 states.
Description
American Express was founded in 1850 in order to transport goods the US Postal Service would not deliver. By the end of the Civil War, there were over 900 American Express offices in 10 states. In the 1880s, the company expanded into financial services with money orders, and in the 1890s, they began offering Traveler’s Cheques. The financial services offered by the company eventually became its mainstay, and American Express offered its first charge card in 1958 in order to compete with Diner’s Club.
date made
1970
maker
unknown
ID Number
NU.69.235.53
catalog number
69.235.53
accession number
287686
serial number
00AX
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Location
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date made
1972
maker
unknown
ID Number
1985.0823.10
catalog number
1985.0823.10
accession number
1985.0823
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Location
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date made
1974
maker
unknown
ID Number
1985.0823.02
catalog number
1985.0823.02
accession number
1985.0823
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Location
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Date made
1959
issuing authority
Diner's Club of Canada
ID Number
NU.72.66.64
accession number
301409
catalog number
72.66.64
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Location
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Date made
1952
issuing authority
Diner's Club of America
ID Number
NU.72.66.3
accession number
301409
catalog number
72.66.3
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Location
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Date made
1957
issuing authority
Diner's Club of Germany
ID Number
NU.72.66.74
accession number
301409
catalog number
72.66.74
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Location
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date made
1956
issuing authority
Diner's Club of Switzerland
ID Number
NU.72.66.82
accession number
301409
catalog number
72.66.82
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Location
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Date made
1956
issuing authority
Diner's Club of Spain
ID Number
NU.72.66.80
accession number
301409
catalog number
72.66.80
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Location
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Date made
1952
maker
Diner's Club of America
issuing authority
Diner's Club of America
ID Number
NU.72.66.2
accession number
301409
catalog number
72.66.2
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Location
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Date made
Expiration date 11/1/1963
date made
1963
issuing authority
Diner's Club of America
ID Number
NU.72.66.93
catalog number
72.66.93
accession number
301409
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Location
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Date made
1957
issuing authority
Diner's Club of France
ID Number
NU.72.66.73
accession number
301409
catalog number
72.66.73
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Location
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Date made
1957
issuing authority
Diner's Club of Brazil
ID Number
NU.72.66.63
accession number
301409
catalog number
72.66.63
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Location
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date made
1987
associated dates
1987 / 1987, 1989 / 1989
maker
unknown
ID Number
1993.0537.0001
catalog number
1993.0537.0001
accession number
1993.0537
catalog number
93.537.01
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Location
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date made
unknown
maker
unknown
ID Number
1992.0061.1554
catalog number
1992.0061.1554
accession number
1992.0061
catalog number
92.61.1554
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Location
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ID Number
2010.0019.130
accession number
2010.0019
catalog number
2010.0019.130
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Location
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date made
2008-08
ID Number
2010.0019.129
accession number
2010.0019
catalog number
2010.0019.129
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Location
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date made
unknown
maker
unknown
ID Number
1985.0823.18
catalog number
1985.0823.18
accession number
1985.0823
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Location
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date made
1968
maker
unknown
ID Number
NU.69.235.60
catalog number
69.235.60
accession number
287686
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Location
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date made
unknown
maker
unknown
ID Number
NU.69.235.55
catalog number
69.235.55
accession number
287686
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Location
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date made
1974
maker
unknown
ID Number
1985.0823.07
catalog number
1985.0823.07
accession number
1985.0823
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Location
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date made
1983
associated dates
1981 07 / 1981 07, 1983 06 / 1983 06
user
Clain-Stefanelli, Vladimir
maker
unknown
ID Number
1992.0050.0007
catalog number
1992.0050.0007
accession number
1992.0050
catalog number
91.50.07
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Location
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date made
unknown
maker
unknown
ID Number
1993.0031.0026
catalog number
1993.0031.0026
accession number
1993.0031
catalog number
93.31.26
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Location
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date made
1955
maker
Diner's Club of America
ID Number
NU.72.66.19
catalog number
72.66.19
accession number
301409
serial number
-661

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