Coin Museum is one of the largest and most valuable collections of coins since 2700 years ago. The museum was founded in 1964 by Mr.Agh Oli, the managing director of the Sepah Bank, and was established in order to preserve the cultural heritage of the country. Coins of this collection were compiled by Shirin Melkzadeh Bayani, one of the well-known pioneers and researchers in this field, collecting and arranging coins and sorting them coins with his direct supervision.
The museum, in which 20,000 coins belong to different periods of Iranian history, are one of the richest and most valuable coin museums in the Middle East.
In the Coin Museum, a complete collection of historical coins from the world's first coins to contemporary coins is publicly displayed. This collection is unique in terms of displaying various coins in Iran during the Sassanid period. In this collection there is also a full range of various types of the Safavid era, which has been multiplied in various cities.
In this museum, there were some coins, including the coin memorial of the Montreal Olympic Games in Montreal, and the Asian Games of...
Read moreA rather small museum situated in an old part of Tehran in Imam Khomeini Square, easily accessible by bus or subway. The museum has a collection of old coins dating back thousands of years. Another amazing attraction in this museum which I happened to love, was a series of paintings made by renowned Iranian poet Sohrab Sepehri who by the way was an artist too. I visited this museum during the Norouz holidays. Entrance was free of charge during the holidays and they even gave us each a collection of postcards with pictures of the museum's historical coins on them, for free. Which I have kept as a reminder of...
Read moreOne the best and complete museum of coin in Iran that nearly have all kind of coins of persian history. Also you can find some special and amazing painting of special artists that you never can see something like that in Iran. Some museum like National museum of Iran and National Gem museum of...
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