Money
Money has been used in different forms all over the world for over
5,000 years. Many of the forms of money and the ways it has been
used are unfamiliar to us. We can define money by seeing how
it is used or by looking at all the different forms it has
taken.
The British Museum has one of the largest collections of money
in the world, almost one million objects. This includes coins
and banknotes as well as other objects that have served as money in
different times and different places.
The majority of the Museum’s collection of money is looked
after by the staff of the Department of Coins and Medals.
More information about objects featured here (from
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