The Feodosia Museum of Money (russian: Феодосийский музей денег) is a currency museum in

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Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

. It was established on July 15, 2003. The opening ceremony took place on August 22, 2003. The activities of the Feodosia Museum of Money are aimed at the study and popularization of the knowledge relating to coin-striking in Feodosia.

Collection

July 31, 2005 saw the solemn inauguration of the so-called “safe-room” in the Feodosia Museum of Money. On display in this room is money minted and printed in Feodosia from antiquity up to the present day, along with the

currency A currency, "in circulation", from la, currens, -entis, literally meaning "running" or "traversing" is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. A more general ...

samples that used to be in circulation throughout Ukraine and the Crimea for 2,000 years as well as auxiliary objects. Besides, this exhibition hall highlights the

history of banking The history of banking began with the first prototype banks, that is, the merchants of the world, who gave grain loans to farmers and traders who carried goods between cities. This was around 2000 BCE in Assyria, India and Sumeria. Later, in an ...

from its early days on citing the example of Feodosia where banking dates back to antiquity. There is a virtual Museum of Money covering the history of money circulation both in Ukraine and worldwide.

References

External links

*{{official website, https://moneymuseum.cash/ Museums established in 2003 Museums in Crimea Numismatic museums in Europe