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The Money Museum of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank is located in the main building of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank at the Otto-Wagner-Platz in Vienna Alsergrund. The only Money Museum in Austria to present the exhibitions is the Money - Currency - Economy.

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In 1966, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank organized an anniversary exhibition on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. From this came the idea of ​​a permanent exhibition. In the 1980s two living rooms were opened on the ground floor of the main building, which were open to the public once a week. In a traditional cabinet arrangement, strictly chronological, as many objects were presented from the collections. In addition, there were separate exhibitions organized by external experts. In 1999, the reorientation of the Schauraum to a modern museum enterprise with its own specialist staff was decided. After a multi-year planning and reconstruction phase, the Money Museum 2003 finally came into operation in its present form. In addition to regular opening hours, it has been providing guided tours and workshops for groups since then. The museum is open to the public with a permanent exhibition on the Austrian financial history as well as changing special exhibitions

Special features of the museum are a standard gold bar and the largest European gold coin at the moment - a 100,000 Euro gold bullion coin "Wiener Philharmoniker" with a weight of 1,000 ounces Edit CollectionsQual

The museum has a comprehensive collection of money history with around 200,000 objects, which is constantly being added. It is thus one of the largest numismatic collections in Austria after the coin boxes of the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Grazer Landesmuseum Joanneum. The collection focuses on objects relating to the history of Austrian paper money, such as banknotes, printing plates, drawings and drafts. Most of these stocks have been preserved in various sections of the House during the almost 200-year history of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, and were collected in a collection in the late 1990s. Among the highlights of this collection, a. Banknotes by Peter Fendi, Gustav Klimt, Franz Matsch and Kolo Moser, as well as two national bank shares owned by Ludwig van Beethoven. However, archival sources of corporate history are kept in the Bank Historical Archives, which is not part of the Money Museum.

In addition to the paper money-related collections, the coin collection, which has been established since the late 1950s, forms the second major area with almost 30,000 objects. Here, too, the focus is on the Austrian money history, although coins and alternative means of payment (cowrie snacks etc.) from all over the world are also found here. Among the oldest pieces are a bronze-age knob-top (equipment money) and a lydian 1/3 Stater of the king Alyattes II. Special numismatic rarities are the so far only preserved in one copy of the Judengold Goldgulden Duke Leopold III. (1365-1386) and several salzburg coins. Above all one of the rare Rübentaler of the Leonhard of Keutschach and one of only five well-known Löwentalern of the Hieronymus Colloredo. Some interesting monographs, as well as the collection Leypold (provincial Roman coins) lent to the Viennese Coin Cabinet, round off the spectrum. Edit source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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