National Numismatic Collection - one of the world's largest coin and currency collections

The Smithsonian's National Numismatic Collection, housed at the National Museum of American History, is one of the world's largest collections of coins, medals, tokens, and paper currency. The collection supports the museum's research, conservation, and public exhibitions, and contains millions of items spanning global numismatic history. Select items from the collection are displayed in the museum's public galleries and used in scholarly study.