In the beautiful restored mansion of the “Tribunal Mayor de Cuentas” from the 17th century the Numismatic Museum was inaugurated on the 25th of March 2004. The “Museo Numismático del Perú“ displays a unique collection of mainly coins, banknotes and medals, showing and explaining the Peruvian currency from its origins in 1565 onwards until today and its role in the economic history of Peru

The Numismatic Museum belongs to the Museum of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru. Since March 2004 the “Museo Numismático del Perú” is located in the beautiful restored mansion of the “Tribunal Mayor de Cuentas”, which is a good example of the Limas architecture between the 17th and 19th century. The Numismatic Museum displays a unique collection of mainly coins, banknotes and medals beginning with the origin of the Peruvian currency during Colonial times and the foundation of the “Casa de la Moneda” (the House of Money).

Further on the museum shows and explains the development und importance of the Peruvian currency during Independence and Republican times from the “Sol de Plata” to the “Libra Peruana”, from the inauguration of the “Banco Central de la Reserva del Peru” to the “Sol del Oro”, from coins to banknotes and medals. The exhibition doesn’t only show and explain the currency itself with displaying unique pieces of different types of currencies, but as well the manufacturing process, the changes it went through, the art behind it and the importance of it for the economic development of Peru.