Mint Museum

Exhibiting about 4000 items, The Mint Museum is an extraordinary organization operated under the Ministry of Finance and has its Head office in Osaka with branches in Tokyo and Hiroshima.

Artifacts on display include ancient coins, such as the "obang" and "kobang" (large and small gold coins of old Japan) and many outstanding articles accumulated since the establishment of the Mint and also the Tokyo and Sapporo Olympics prize medals.

The building housing the Museum is the only Western style building of the Meiji Era (1868~1912) remaining on the premises of the Head Office.

The Mint Museum has 4,000 historical exhibits. You can read valuable documents, learn history of coins, and understand the close relationship between society and coins.

Both the coin production plant and the order production plant of this Bureau have a visitor's corridor. Guides are provided to visitors about the work being done as they go through these corridors.

Hours: 9:30a.m- 4:30p.m; Mon- Fri.

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Contact Information

Mint Museum
1-1-79, Tenma 1-chome, Kita-Ku
530-0043 Osaka

Tel. +81663516150

http://www.mint.go.jp