Maybank Numismatic Museum, Numismatic museum at Menara Maybank in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Maybank Numismatic Museum is a coin museum on the first floor of Menara Maybank displaying an extensive collection of coins and banknotes from Malaysia and neighboring countries. The objects are arranged in chronological display cases that allow visitors to follow the development of currency over time.
The museum opened in 1988 under the direction of Bank Negara Governor Tan Sri Dato Jaafar Hussein and documents the evolution of currency from the Malacca Sultanate through colonial periods. The collection traces monetary history through several key periods of Malaysia's past.
The exhibition displays a traditional Kelantan coin tree, showing how tin coins were cast and connected together in branch-like formations that visitors can observe up close.
The museum sits near Plaza Rakyat LRT Station and offers free entry for all visitors. Plan to use public transport to reach the location and allow time to explore the chronological arrangement of the displays.
The collection includes special currency created in 1935 for the Sungai Buloh Leprosarium to prevent disease transmission through regular money circulation. These unusual objects show how money was used to address health concerns in that era.
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