Citi Money Gallery Education Programme Money and Art Image Bank Bimetallic £2 coin. Great Britain, AD 1997 Museum number: CM 1999-6-6-1 Supported by Citi

Assignat note for 50 sols; France, AD 1793 Assignat note for 50 sols; France, AD 1793. Paper money of the French Revolution. Museum number: CM CIB 16995

Suffragette-defaced penny. United Kingdom, AD 1903 Museum number: CM 1991,0733.1

Bronze coin, a 'Lakshmi plaque‘; Sri Lanka, 1st century AD Bronze coin, a 'Lakshmi plaque‘; Sri Lanka, 1st century AD. The Hindu goddess bathed by elephants. Museum number: CM 1970-5-14-972

100,000 lire banknote; Italy, AD 1994. Fine art in miniature. Museum number: CM 1996-4-7-1

Money hat from Samu'ah, southern Hebron hills, modern Palestinian Authority, AD 1840s (with later additions). Museum number: 1968.As4.5

William Hogarth, Beer Street and Gin Lane; Published in London, England, AD 1751. Negligence, poverty and death in London. Museum number: PD 1868,0822.1593

Gold-weight; Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana), early-19th century AD. Museum number: Af1878,1228.2

Money box in the shape of a television Money box in the shape of a television. Burma (Myanmar), 20th century AD. Museum number: CM 1999-6-7-1

Trial designs for United Kingdom decimal coinage by Christopher Ironside; AD 1966. Museum number: CM 2006,0601.431

1000 franc note; Equatorial Africa, AD 1963 Museum number: CM CIB 11080

Tin ingot in the form of a cockerel Tin ingot in the form of a cockerel. Perak sultanate, Malaysia, 19th century AD. Museum number: CM 1915-2-10-2

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