Definition
Institutions that acquire, preserve, research and exhibit permanent and/or traveling collections of artifacts which relate to the history of currency, either generally or from a particular country or period. Included may be examples of coins, tokens, medals and paper money (bank notes and scrip) from different eras; beads, wampum or other objects that once served as money; plasters, art objects and other memorabilia associated with notable numismatic engravers; coins associated with or collected by famous personages; historical artifacts associated with a particular mint; and exhibits that illustrate stages in the development of a monetary economy.
URL Name
TA-5500-5800
Third Level Code
TA-5500
Taxonomy Code
TA-5500.5800
Parent Code
TA-5500
Family Code
T
Second Level Code
TA
Fourth Level Code
TA-5500-5800
Use References
Coin Museums, Currency Museums, Money Museums
Publication Status
Online