Sumatran Numismatic Museum, Currency history museum in Medan Maimun, Indonesia.

The Sumatran Numismatic Museum is a history museum housing thousands of historical coins, banknotes, and monetary objects from different periods of Indonesian and Southeast Asian history. The exhibits show systematically how currency systems developed across regions and reveal the role money played in daily life and trade.

The museum opened on 2 May 2017, inaugurated by the Governor of North Sumatra, and was first housed on the second floor of Gedung Juang 45. Its founder, Saparudin Barus, built it around his own collection of Indonesian currency. It has since moved to the office of the Aceh Jaya regent in Aceh. Among its holdings is the ORITA printing press, used in Sibolga during the second Dutch military aggression under resident Dr. Ferdinan Lumban Tobing.

The collection shows how different ethnic groups across Indonesian regions developed their own monetary traditions and economic practices over time. Walking through the halls, you notice how currency choices reflect local trade customs and cultural values of communities.

The museum was first housed on the second floor of Gedung Juang 45 in Medan; it has since moved to the Aceh Jaya regent's office in Aceh. Check the current location before setting out. The collection is built around the printing press for Oeang Republik Indonesia Tapanoeli, which still works.

The museum holds the ORITA printing press, used in Sibolga during the Dutch Military Aggression II under Resident Dr. Ferdinan Lumban Tobing to print money for Tapanuli's economy. According to the Indonesian Wikipedia article, the machine is still in working order.