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At present, private museums and galleries are opening more and more often, the founders of which make their collections available to the general public. 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 a board of trustees was created during the establishment, which included the heads of museums with large numismatic collections (M. Piotrovsky, E. Gagarina, M. Loshak).
Exhibition items
The opening of the International Moscow Numismatic Museum was a landmark event of the past year. This event attracted not only the Russian but also the international community. The collection, presented to the judgment of professionalists, scientists, and, finally, the interested public, is unique: it contains coins from antiquity to the Soviet period. Among the exhibits are not only rubles, kopecks, chervonets, but also old 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 features, and so on. This section of science is one of the main ones along with paleography, chronology,sphragistic. The study of the monetary system makes it possible to analyze not only the economic situation in a particular city, principality, state, but also to show the political development of the country, since the minting of one's own coin is an indicator of the ruler's we alth and power. The study of coins is the object of serious research by domestic and foreign historians. The main source of materials is the excavation of treasures, in which you can find money from various countries in abundance.
Exhibitions of the Moscow Museum of Numismatics
Serious scientific interest in monetary units arose in Russia in the 18th century, along with the emergence of historical science as an independent discipline. Since then, Russian scientists have accumulated vast experience in the study of coins, collecting and processing this most valuable source.
The Museum of Numismatics was opened in Moscow in October 2015 (in the restored chambers of the Zinoviev-Yusupovs of the 17th century), which should be regarded as a new stage in the study of the monetary units of various countries. Its founder is V. Alekperov, president of OAO Lukoil, whose collection formed the basis of the fund. The Museum of Numismatics in Moscow includes not only an exhibition hall, but also a library, a conference hall, a Numismatics Club, which allows not only specialists, but also those who are simply interested 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 Numismatic Museum in Moscow includes a collection ofof about five thousand units. Alekperov has been collecting them for fourteen years, so you can see a lot of interesting things in the new museum. At the exhibition, you should pay attention to the coins of antiquity: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, as well as the Byzantine Empire (about three hundred in total). The Middle Ages are represented here by thalers, Russian history - by five hundred coins of Tsarist Russia, as well as money from the Soviet period. The oldest copy is a hekta with the image of a rooster from the city of Phocaea, dating back to the 5th century BC. e.
The Museum of Numismatics in Moscow keeps medieval thalers. The most interesting of them are Bavarian coins.
Russian money of the 17th–18th centuries in the numismatic museum
From the Russian coins, one should single out the gold kopeck of Vladislav Zhigimontovich, the son of the Polish king Sigismund III, who, according to an agreement near Smolensk on February 4, 1610, was to accept Orthodoxy and become the Russian Tsar. 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 kopeck of the Polish prince testifies to Poland's claims to Muscovite Russia.
The Museum of Numismatics in Moscow also keeps curious chervonets minted in the 1700s. It was the time of the reign of Peter I, who was interested in updating the economic system in Russia. New coins from the beginning of his reign are an example of the king's concern for the country's finances. There is also a trial ruble of the EmpressElizabeth Petrovna 1756.
Coins of the Tsarist period at the Moscow Numismatic Museum
In addition to the above images, the collection includes a set of coins minted in the 19th century. The Numismatics Museum in Moscow keeps platinum coins from the reign of Nicholas I (1825-1855). The samples date back to 1839 - the time of the 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 at 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 individuals collect antiquities and provide them as exhibits indicates that historical science is gaining popularity in Russian society.
This is what the Museum of Numismatics in Moscow is like. Address: 24 Bolshoy Afanasyevsky lane. Lectures are held at the institution where scientists talk about the exhibits, and the Club of Numismatists proves the development of interest in coins among non-professionals.
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