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Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan

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Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan

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The Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan (Kahei-hakubutsukan), formally known as the Currency Museum, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan (Nihonginkō-kin'yū-kenkyūjo-kahei-hakubutsukan), is a museum about Japanese currency located in front of the Bank of Japan building in Chūō, Tokyo. The museum opened in November 1985. In 2010, there was an exhibition of wallets from the Edo Period (1603–1867) and Meiji Era (1868–1912).

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