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Museum´s collections comprising of Coin Galleries, Stamp Gallery, Currency Gallery, History of State Bank of Pakistan, Governors Gallery, and Art Gallery, depicting coinage from its evolution till contemporary period, Stamps which were used as Currency in the interim period between Coinage to Currency, leading the visitors to Currency Gallery.
History of SBP and Governors Gallery are depicting the History of SBP from its establishment in 1948 till to-date, and the Governors Gallery is comprised of the Historical background of functions and responsibilities of the Governors of SBP along with their brief profiles.
The Art Gallery is a major component of the Museum, display of Sadequain´s murals and other rare paintings in the collection.
The Coin Gallery is divided into two parts (1) Pre Islamic and (2) Islamic till to the contemporary period Coinage.
Starting from Barter system, seals used as coins by Indus valley people, Punch Marked coins dated from 6th Century B.C., displaying some rare bar copper & silver coins, Indo Greeks including a rare bronze coin of Alexander the Great and several other unique coins, Indo Scythians, Indo Parthian, Kushans, Guptas, Indo Sassanians & Hindu Shahis.
This part starts from the coinage of Arab Governors of Sindh, some rare Sultanate Coins, Mughal Coins, later Mughals, British Indian, and then coinage after 1947. This includes a display of coin making techniques in Pakistan Mint, with some original display of dies, the process of coin making along some tools, some old machines, and a documentary covering the whole process of coin minting in Pakistan Mint.
The Currency Gallery of the Museum features permanent displays regarding the history of Currency Notes in Pakistan and around the world.
The Gallery includes the complete collection of Pakistani banknotes since its inception (1947-till todate) and shows how the objects depicted on Currency Note relate to the culture/history of the country and its nation, including some promenent and distinctive features of it.
It also includes the collection of historical, current and polymer banknotes of different countries around the world.
