Money

The only place to get cash in Antarctica.

A 28-exhibit museum about the history, culture, and oddities of money. Visitors stand in a cash shower, try to crack a vault, and discover what it's like to barter when no money is allowed.

A giant coin serves as a very unusual yet creative monument commemorating one of the most important people in the history of Trieste.

These sculptures represent the general public's hopes and aspirations of financial prosperity.

This oversized tribute to the nation's tiniest coin highlights the value of small contributions.

Learn all about Taiwanese financial history from inside a former high-security vault.

Imitations of Chinese coins were minted here for foreign trade before Japan got its own currency.

The walls, tables, and much of the ceiling in this pizzeria are covered with $40,000 in $1 bills.

A rare specimen of the ancient piggy bank of Java resides in one of the unassuming corners of the Ashmolean.

Regal guardians to one of the biggest banks in the world, symbols of Hong Kong's history and resilience.

In 1953, a group of Wisconsin high school students helped build a hospital by collecting over a million pennies.

The erstwhile Portuguese Era mint house of Goa.

A massive portrait of Abraham Lincoln created with approximately 24,500 pennies.

Money may not grow on trees, but it can be dispensed by one.

Chronicling the history of Thailand’s unique currencies, from the silver “bullet money” to porcelain gambling tokens of various shapes.

A small section in the Bank of Korea Museum dedicated to the many varieties of the Joseon dynasty’s iconic coinage.