Money Museum of the Deutsche Bundesbank
The money museum of the Deutsche Bundesbank in the Frankfurt district of Bockenheim is the only money museum in Germany. It would like to contribute to the understanding of the money system in its various aspects. The museum was opened in 1999 and last visited by around 40,000 visitors annually, before it was closed for two years in 2014 for modernization.
With a total expenditure of 19 million euros, the exhibition area was expanded from 600 to 1,000 m² by an extension and a new presentation concept was implemented; The Money Museum has been open again since the end of 2016; entry is still free.
collection
The Bundesbank's coin collection includes around 90,000 coins from around the world, from antiquity to the present day. In addition, there is the paper money collection, which with around 255,000 copies is one of the largest in the Federal Republic of Germany. Other exhibits are "valuables" that have historically taken on a monetary function - from cowrie snails to cocoa beans to huge stone slabs.
The money museum provides information about the history and workings of money. There are also extensive accounts of modern monetary history, such as the Great Depression in the early 1930s.
The highlight of the exhibition is an aureus that recalls the murder of Gaius Julius Caesar . Only two copies of this coin are known worldwide, the other piece is in an unknown private possession. The value of the coin is estimated at around 340,000 euros, which is almost the same as a 12.5 kg gold bar on display .
History of the collection
The Deutsche Reichsbank had already collected extensive stocks of gold and silver coins and paper money. In 1935 these holdings were presented to the public in Berlin as the Reichsbank Museum.
The holdings of the Reichsbank, insofar as they survived the chaos of war, were confiscated by the Allies. In 1954 they came back into the possession of the Bank deutscher Länder , the predecessor of the Bundesbank .
The coin collection was systematically supplemented by this and exhibited in the rooms of the Bundesbank as a money museum.
building
The central library of the Deutsche Bundesbank is located in the same building. It is located on the same site with the headquarters of the Deutsche Bundesbank . A large sculpture by Erich Hauser is placed in front of the building .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Deutsche Bundesbank renews money museum . In: press release . German Bundesbank. April 11, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
- ↑ Markus Zydra: Where the money comes from - The Bundesbank has modernized its museum. Visitors can touch gold bars, admire old coins and learn a lot about the history of currencies . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . January 13, 2017, ISSN 0174-4917 , p. 23 .
- ^ Frank Berger: The new (!) Money Museum of the Bundesbank . In: NNB . March 2017, ISSN 0937-6488 , p. 92-95 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 8.9 ″ N , 8 ° 39 ′ 42.9 ″ E