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Money Museum
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Iran,
Tehran
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Coin
and Bank Notes Museum
Address: No. 1, Daman Afshar St., Mirdamad
Blvd., Vali Asr Ave., Tehran
Phone: 98 21 877 4745
Fax: 98 21 877 4744
Opening hours: Sat to Wed
This collection is comprised of about 1400 coins and
750 bank notes, which have been put on display in an
enclosure with almost 2000 Sq. m area, while
displaying noticeable section of Iranian coins and
notes and also displays parts of the history of this
land.
The main sections of this collection are:
- Circles of transaction and period before the minting
of coins
- The most antique coins from around the world and
Iran
- Coins from pre-Islamic era, which include Achamenid,
Seleucid, Parthian and Sassanian dynasties, and also
the governments, who were their dependents, as King of
Pars, Khorasan and Elyamid governments.
- Coins after Islam from the beginning of the
establishment of Islamic government until 2002
- Special exhibitions, which include the smallest and
largest coins around the world, commemorative coins,
medallions, the use of coins in ornamentation, scrap
(metal) coins, weighing units, coin mould, the
difference between hammered and machinery coins, old
coins with new marks defect in coins
- Notes including bills, containing the oldest designs
in Nassereddin Shah era and the most complete
collection of historical notes of Iran, from the
beginning of painting of them by the Imperial Bank
until now.
This museum is comprised of other sections, as
Gallery, data bank, specialized library, theatre,
movie, bookstore and coffee shop.
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