Money (Room 68)
The HSBC Gallery
eyeOpener gallery tour / Free / Daily,
14.15–14.55
The history of money can be traced back over four thousand
years. During this time, currency has taken many different forms,
ranging from shells in ancient China to massive stone discs on the
Island of Yap in the western Pacific.
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Great Ming Circulating Treasure Note, AD 1375
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Great Ming Circulating Treasure Note, AD 1375
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Gold 5 unites of King Charles I ('Juxon Medal'), probably from dies engraved by Abraham Vanderdoort", AD 1930s
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Gold 5 unites of King Charles I ('Juxon Medal'), probably from dies engraved by Abraham Vanderdoort", AD 1930s
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Raffia cloth currency, 4th century AD
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Raffia cloth currency, 4th century AD
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Aes signatum or money ingot, early 3rd century BC
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Aes signatum or money ingot, early 3rd century BC
Room 68 demonstrates the development of money across the world
through a range of objects and examines how money has been used by
diverse cultural groups.
Exhibits illustrate the importance of money to past individuals,
cultures, nations, and empires, while also exploring how our use of
coins and paper money today continues to be transformed by the
advent of plastic cards and computer banking.