China Numismatic Museum

The China Numismatic Museum is located in Xijiaomin Lane, west of Tiananmen Square, in the center of Beijing. It is a national museum under the direction of the Head Office of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), dedicated to collecting and displaying coins and notes. There are more than 300,000 items in their collection, including old coins, gold and silver coins, paper money, coins used by ethnic groups, foreign coins, coin models, and other items relevant to coins. The special exhibits in the museum include: Currency in China's Past Dynasties, Coin-minting Techniques in Ancient China, and The History of PBOC.

The Numismatic Museum contains a central hall and four exhibition galleries. The central hall highlights the origin of currency, and the features and fusion of the monetary systems in the East and the West. The exhibition galleries display the rare collection of paper money and coins.

Take bus Tourism Line 1, BRT Line 1, Tourism Line 2, Te 4, 5, Te 7, 8, Te 11, 17, 20, 22, 48, 59, 66, 67, 69, 71, 82, 93, 120, 126, 622, 623, stops at Qianmen Station.

Take bus Te 2, 9, 44, 332, 337, 673, or Express Line 901, stops at Qianmen West Station.

Take subway line 2, and get off at Qianmen Station. Leave through Exit C and walk north