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OUR TIPS: Cultural Education in Antiquity

There is little doubt today that the concept of coined money first occurred in the 6th century BC in Asia Minor, in modern Turkey. These first standardized planchets of precious metal with their guara...

OUR TIPS: The MoneyMuseum in Gold Fever

From the summer of 2010, the MoneyMuseum hosts an exhibition on gold at its premises on Hadlaubstrasse in Zurich. To give our future visitors a first impression of the show, we present the most famous...

COIN COLLECTION: Holy Roman Empire, Republic of Genoa, Denarius, 1139-1352

When Charlemagne had himself crowned as emperor in the year 800 in Rome, Western Europe had just experienced a deep historical break. In the 7th and early 8th centuries, Muslim warriors had conquered ...

COIN COLLECTION: Papal States, John VIII (872-882) with Emperor Charles II (the bold) (875-877) and Charles III (the fat) (881-887), Denarius

Whether the early Church of Rome was administrated by a single bishop – the pope – or by a council of priests, is unknown. The first bishop of Rome to use the Latin title of papa (pope), was Siricius ...

TEXT COLLECTION: Not for D-Marks or Euros – but for Talents or HOURS

Swapping is in – not only among kids

Oh, what a lot of things there are in everyday life we would like to delegate to someone else – due to lack of time or reluctance on our part: cleaning windows, clearing up the attic, ironing shirts or weeding the garden and quite a few more strenuous jobs. And how many of us wouldn't like to further our education but don't have the necessary money to do so?

All these people and many more besides can be helped – and through one and the same "thing": exchange trading schemes or time exchanges. They are very trendy and work in a deceptively simple way: services are exchanged not for money or even for charity's sake, but for another service.

Where can those eager to acquire knowledge or to delegate to others find out what the advantages of such exchange schemes are, what can be exchanged in them and who can profit from them? At the MoneyMuseum, of course.

COIN TOURS: Coins of the Helvetic Republic

Als Folge der französischen Revolution brach Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts die Alte Eidgenossenschaft zusammen. Im Januar 1798 fielen die Franzosen in die Waadt ein und liessen die Lemanische Republik aus...

PICTURE TOURS: Selected Works from the Book Collection

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This is a picture tour composed by the Director of the MoneyMuseum on some of the most precious books of his collection. The works are arranged after their date of publication. ...