NUMISMATIC MUSEUM

ABOUT THE NUMISMATIC MUSEUM

What is Numismatics?

Numismatics is an auxiliary science of archeology that deals with the study of coins and medals.

History

In March 1927 the "Organic Law of the Central Bank of Ecuador" and the "law of currencies" for 73 years, was issued was the only bank of issue.

The Museum of the Central Bank of Ecuador was opened in 1969 and exhibits pieces of Archaeology, ceramics, colonial and republican art, contemporary art.

The National Museum of the Central Bank of Ecuador, is premised on the permanent exhibition and temporary permit us to read the history of the country in a different way, by way of an open book which society knows the basic substrate of their culture through the archaeological and artistic heritage that sets in their living rooms.

What can be seen in the Numismatic Museum?

The Numismatic Museum of the Central Bank of Ecuador shows the national and international public.

- The evolutionary process of the currency in Ecuador since pre-Hispanic natives barter

 -The origin of the currency and its process for the colony, the Republican period

-  Emergence of the Mint of Quito

- Ticketing from different banks to the consolidation of the Central Bank of Ecuador

What gives?

-A store that sells commemorative coins, medals and informative catalogs the content of their rooms.

-An interactive or recreational area where groups of students develop workshops and activities

 -An auditorium where videos are shown on the history of the coin.

THE EXHIBITIONS

NOTE: MAP OF THE EXHIBITION HALLSNOTE: MAP OF THE EXHIBITION HALLS

v Prehispanic Hall

Product exchange or barter between different social groups, many centuries before the Christian era, forced people to create a way to measure tangible and manageable value to facilitate this activity.

In different regions of the world cowrie shells, feathers, colorful, bags of salt and metal objects in various forms were used for this activity.

In America, indigenous peoples used: cocoa beans, quetzaI feathers, copper hatchets, coca leaves, spondylus shell accounts, etc.

This room describes exchange processes, the Indian market and trade routes in pre-Columbian America when exchange and barter were an important part of the daily life.

v Colony Hall

The Colony Hall shows the transformation of the coin, the characteristics and changes during the reign of each monarch.

Here are the first coins used in the new world, known as cut or cobs, which had an irregular shape due their manual processing

There are also round coins, they are perfectly round thanks to the use of minting press tool used by the American mints since the third decade of the XVIII century.

Republic Hall

In 1833 the first coins were minted in Ecuador, which names were based on the Spanish Octogecimal System, so they were also known as Predecimales.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the "Special Emission Banks" appeared and emitted currency based in the Octogecimal System.

During José María Plácido Caamaño’s government (1884) the silver Sucre was created, based in the French Decimal System, which was the Republic of Ecuador’s monetary unit which was in force until February 2000.

v “Central Bank of Ecuador” Hall

The “Central Bank of Ecuador” hall allows visitors to explore the history of the institution, the emission of coins and bills from the first third of the twentieth century, the changes brought by the Second World War and the postwar period, the inflation of the past twenty years and the birth of the “Macro numerario”, until the adoption of the dollar.

MORE INFORMATION

Recreational room
The opening of the recreational room which was conducted in the framework of the celebrations of international museum day which marks the May 18, will allow the public the historical knowledge of the Ecuadorian currency: its origins, changes and transformations, from the prehispanic aboriginal societies. To dollarization.

So that children can enjoy the facilities with absolute freedom. This new educational experience of the numismatic museum consists of the use of toys designed and manufactured in numismatics theme and a stage where it is forbidden not to touch. The visitor becomes the protagonist in the moment can play make monetary species of colonial, pre decimal currency in the first years of republican life, and sucres.

They are puzzles in which processes are plotted coinage, as well as others that are transforming the current coat of arms of the republic evident. It is also possible through games; identify inserts characters in ancient Ecuadorian airline and how those pro-men contributed to the process of construction of the present Ecuador.

ATTENTION SCHEDULE

Tuesday to Friday: 09h00 to 17h00

Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 10:00 to 16:00

ADDRESS:
It is located in the historic center of Quito, Garcia Moreno and Sucre streets. Former headquarters of the Central Bank of Ecuador.

ACCESS TO PUBLIC

NATIONAL PUBLIC:
The income for the national public is free.

FOREIGN PUBLIC:

Adults: $ 1 Dollar

Students / Seniors: $ 0.50 cents

Children: $ 0.25 cents