Currently, private museums and galleries are opening more and more often, the founders of which make their collections in the public domain. One example is the founding of a numismatic museum in the capital. The great interest of specialists in such an event is evidenced by the fact that the establishment of a board of trustees was established, which included heads of museums with large numismatic collections (M. Piotrovsky, E. Gagarina, M. Loshak).
Exhibits
The opening of the International Moscow Numismatic Museum was a landmark event last year. This event attracted not only Russian, but also the international community. The collection, presented to the court of the Socialists, scientists, and finally, the interested public, is unique: it contains coins from antiquity to the Soviet period. Among the exhibits are not only rubles, pennies, chervonets, but also ancient money from the Ancient World and the Middle Ages
Numismatics as an auxiliary historical discipline
Numismatics is one of the auxiliary historical disciplines that studies coins: their origin, dating, external signs, and so on. This section of science is one of the main along with paleography, chronology, sphragistics. The study of the monetary system allows us to analyze not only the economic situation in a given city, principality, state, but also to show the political development of the country, since the coinage of its own coin is an indicator of the ruler’s wealth and power. The study of coins is the subject of serious research by domestic and foreign historians. The main source of materials is excavations of treasures, in which you can find in abundance the money of various countries.
Exhibitions of the Moscow Museum of Numismatics
A serious scientific interest in monetary units arose in Russia in the 18th century along with the advent of historical science as an independent discipline. Since then, Russian scientists have accumulated vast experience in the study of coins, collecting and processing this valuable source.
The Museum of Numismatics was opened in Moscow in October 2015 (in the restored chambers of the Zinoviev-Yusupov XVII century), which should be considered as a new stage in the study of monetary units of various countries. Its founder is V. Alekperov, president of Lukoil, whose collection formed the basis of the fund. The Museum of Numismatics in Moscow includes not only an exhibition hall, but a library, a conference hall, the Club of numismatists, which allows not only specialists, but also simply interested people to get acquainted with the exhibits and get all the necessary information.
Coins of antiquity and the Middle Ages in the Moscow Museum of Numismatics
The International Museum of Numismatics in Moscow includes a collection consisting of approximately five thousand units. Alekperov collected them for fourteen years, so in the new museum you can see a lot of interesting things. At the exhibition, it is worth paying attention to coins from antiquity: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, as well as the Byzantine Empire (only about three hundred). The Middle Ages are represented by thalers, Russian history is represented by five hundred coins of Tsarist Russia, as well as Soviet - era money . The oldest specimen is a hectus depicting a rooster from the city of Fokey, dating from the 5th century BC. e.
The Museum of Numismatics in Moscow stores medieval thalers. The most interesting of them are Bavarian coins.
Russian money XVII - XVIII centuries in the numismatic museum
Of the Russian coins, the gold penny of Vladislav Zhigimontovich, the son of the Polish king Sigismund III, who, according to the agreement near Smolensk on February 4, 1610, was to accept Orthodoxy and become the Russian tsar, should be allocated. After the deposition of Vasily Shuisky in the summer of that year, the Moscow government - the Seven Boyars - recognized Vladislav as king and even issued a coin on his behalf. The aforementioned gold penny of the Polish prince testifies to the claims of Poland to Muscovite Russia.
The Museum of Numismatics in Moscow also keeps curious gold coins of 1700s coinage. It was the time of the reign of Peter I, who was interested in updating the economic system in Russia. The new coins of the beginning of his reign are an example of the king’s concern for the finances of the country. There is also a trial ruble of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna of 1756.
Coins of the tsarist period at the Moscow Museum of Numismatics
In addition to the above images, the collection includes a set of money coinage of the XIX century. The Museum of Numismatics in Moscow stores platinum coins from the reign of Nicholas I (1825–1855). The samples date back to 1839 - the time of reforms of the Minister of Finance E.F. Kankrin. The presented denominations - three, six and twelve rubles - are the most valuable source of the history of monetary reform in the empire of the end of 1839-1843.
Undoubtedly, such an exhibition of the collection will attract not only specialist scientists, but also the mass layman. The fact that private individuals are collecting antiquities and presenting them as exhibits indicates that historical science is gaining popularity in Russian society.
This is what the numismatics museum in Moscow is like. Address: Bolshoy Afanasyevsky Lane, house 24. The institution holds lectures at which scientists talk about exhibits, and the Numismatists Club proves the development of interest in coins among non-professionals.