{"id":4030,"date":"2024-08-30T08:48:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T06:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/?post_type=oum-location&#038;p=4030"},"modified":"2024-10-23T11:31:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T09:31:29","slug":"bank-of-england-museum","status":"publish","type":"oum-location","link":"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/en\/oum-location\/bank-of-england-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of England Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-21c2ou3i-8a0248911f30932e81e1a0b45c4df30e\">\n#top .flex_column.av-21c2ou3i-8a0248911f30932e81e1a0b45c4df30e{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-21c2ou3i-8a0248911f30932e81e1a0b45c4df30e{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"Inrto-News-Beitrag\"  class='flex_column av-21c2ou3i-8a0248911f30932e81e1a0b45c4df30e av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu8jo3xd-86ebe8cc67913b92efe0c78cf171b4b4 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock beitragsueberschrift'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Bank of England Museum<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-1t500use-0fd60f321726360a170c81b2cf051340 sc-av_one_half av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1t500use-0fd60f321726360a170c81b2cf051340\">\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-1t500use-0fd60f321726360a170c81b2cf051340{\nmargin-top:15px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-1t500use-0fd60f321726360a170c81b2cf051340{\npadding:30px 30px 30px 30px;\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"angaben-institutionen\"  class='flex_column av-1t500use-0fd60f321726360a170c81b2cf051340 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first no_margin flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1r5l74ny-140175d3cd6b93e4a3cb3256e4b267ad\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-1r5l74ny-140175d3cd6b93e4a3cb3256e4b267ad .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#fc0000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-1r5l74ny-140175d3cd6b93e4a3cb3256e4b267ad '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='av-desktop-hide av-medium-hide av-small-hide av-mini-hide avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Wenn es kein Logo gibt, wird diese Spalte einfach leer gelassen. Das Bild oben bitte l\u00f6schen.<br \/>\n(Dieser Text wird nicht dargestellt.)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1ll4o17i-bdd919c5016bcf520280e0abad0e9601\">\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-1ll4o17i-bdd919c5016bcf520280e0abad0e9601{\nmargin-top:15px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-1ll4o17i-bdd919c5016bcf520280e0abad0e9601{\npadding:30px 30px 30px 30px;\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"angaben-institutionen\"  class='flex_column av-1ll4o17i-bdd919c5016bcf520280e0abad0e9601 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_full  no_margin flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu8jp0wg-35cad0866e62980d95f043bde98986b7 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Threadneedle Street<br \/>\nLondon<br \/>\nEC2R 8AH<br \/>\nPhone: +44 (0)20 7601 5545<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:museum@bankofengland.co.uk\">museum@bankofengland.co.uk<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bankofengland.co.uk\/museum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bankofengland.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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Berlin.<\/span><\/div><\/li><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-m2loamrb-aacc7715ea27b9e63e506bc1a61cdf73__1  slide-2 slide-even'><a href=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-46-1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-46-1.jpg 860w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-46-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-46-1-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-46-1-705x369.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\"  data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-3085 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3085\"  src=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-46-1.jpg\" width=\"860\" height=\"450\" title='03' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-46-1.jpg 860w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-46-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-46-1-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-46-1-705x369.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><div class='av-image-copyright av-copyright-left'><span>\u00a9 Howard M. Berlin.<\/span><\/div><\/li><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-m2loamrb-aacc7715ea27b9e63e506bc1a61cdf73__2  slide-3 slide-odd'><a href=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-54-1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-54-1.jpg 860w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-54-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-54-1-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-54-1-705x369.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\"  data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-3083 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3083\"  src=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-54-1.jpg\" width=\"860\" height=\"450\" title='02' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-54-1.jpg 860w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-54-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-54-1-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-54-1-705x369.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><div class='av-image-copyright av-copyright-left'><span>\u00a9 Howard M. Berlin.<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class='avia-slideshow-arrows avia-slideshow-controls' ><a href='#prev' class='prev-slide  avia-svg-icon avia-font-svg_entypo-fontello' data-av_svg_icon='left-open-big' data-av_iconset='svg_entypo-fontello' tabindex='-1' title=\"Previous\"><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 15 32\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" aria-labelledby='av-svg-title-1' aria-describedby='av-svg-desc-1' role=\"graphics-symbol\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<title id='av-svg-title-1'>Previous<\/title>\n<desc id='av-svg-desc-1'>Previous<\/desc>\n<path d=\"M14.464 27.84q0.832 0.832 0 1.536-0.832 0.832-1.536 0l-12.544-12.608q-0.768-0.768 0-1.6l12.544-12.608q0.704-0.832 1.536 0 0.832 0.704 0 1.536l-11.456 11.904z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Previous<\/span><\/a><a href='#next' class='next-slide  avia-svg-icon avia-font-svg_entypo-fontello' data-av_svg_icon='right-open-big' data-av_iconset='svg_entypo-fontello' tabindex='-1' title=\"Next\"><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 15 32\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" aria-labelledby='av-svg-title-2' aria-describedby='av-svg-desc-2' role=\"graphics-symbol\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<title id='av-svg-title-2'>Next<\/title>\n<desc id='av-svg-desc-2'>Next<\/desc>\n<path d=\"M0.416 27.84l11.456-11.84-11.456-11.904q-0.832-0.832 0-1.536 0.832-0.832 1.536 0l12.544 12.608q0.768 0.832 0 1.6l-12.544 12.608q-0.704 0.832-1.536 0-0.832-0.704 0-1.536z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Next<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='avia-slideshow-dots avia-slideshow-controls'><a href='#1' class='goto-slide active' >1<\/a><a href='#2' class='goto-slide ' >2<\/a><a href='#3' class='goto-slide ' >3<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1byyw28u-a742a287f9243469b7bb979c5f0fe54f\">\n#top .flex_column.av-1byyw28u-a742a287f9243469b7bb979c5f0fe54f{\nmargin-top:6%;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-1byyw28u-a742a287f9243469b7bb979c5f0fe54f{\nmargin-top:6%;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"Texte-Geschichte-Bestand-Aktivitaeten\"  class='flex_column av-1byyw28u-a742a287f9243469b7bb979c5f0fe54f av_one_full  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu8jt1kt-4006163577e45005184778c7b61c6e16 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Bank of England is formally known as the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. In London\u2019s business district, it is often called the \u201cOld Lady of Threadneedle Street,\u201d and its Museum around the corner proudly showcases its history of being both the country\u2019s central bank while printing its banknotes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-171p2owu-e33bbbc9dd9488170a4f7ec1548420bc\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-171p2owu-e33bbbc9dd9488170a4f7ec1548420bc{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-171p2owu-e33bbbc9dd9488170a4f7ec1548420bc hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu8jtk6d-1b4a005e4f1908b1eeb6c421d5632e02 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Beginning In 1694<\/h2>\n<p>The Bank of England was founded by Scottish merchant William Patterson. Displayed are Patterson\u2019s proposal, the July 27, 1694 Royal Charter granted by William III, and the ledger book recording the names of those who loaned the initial \u00a31.2 million capital. Also shown is an iron chest, which dates from around 1700, the precursor of modern safes. This is the oldest piece of furniture owned by the Bank and is known as \u201cThe Great Iron Chest in the Parlour.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-137umpr2-071fe9e18e90f35ad3d4cb1aa8f154e0\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-137umpr2-071fe9e18e90f35ad3d4cb1aa8f154e0{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-137umpr2-071fe9e18e90f35ad3d4cb1aa8f154e0 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu8jtuqv-6b419092a87467f93a6a5f9259f67820 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Growth and Expansion: 1734-1797<\/h2>\n<p>On display from the early 19th century is an undated \u00a31-million note. Although the highest denomination ever issued by the Bank was for \u00a31,000, which ended in 1923, notes for \u00a31 million have been used since the 18th century for internal accounting purposes only.<\/p>\n<p>As gold was no longer available from the Bank from February 1797, silver was hoarded by the public, resulting in a serious shortage of coins. The Bank then used Spanish 8-reales coins, i.e. \u201cpieces of eight,\u201d from their vaults, counter stamping them with the head of George III. Several examples are on display with the original oval and the later octagonal shaped marks.<\/p>\n<p>Also shown is a \u00a35-banknote, dated 15 April, 1793\u2014the earliest known \u00a35 Bank of England banknote. The \u00a310-banknote, first issued in 1759 during the Seven-Year\u2019s War due to a shortage of coins, was the lowest denomination until the introduction of the \u00a35-banknote.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-zu9fu8u-e6ac10d09e206d4d1d940b5d793b7706\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-zu9fu8u-e6ac10d09e206d4d1d940b5d793b7706{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-zu9fu8u-e6ac10d09e206d4d1d940b5d793b7706 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu8jukq3-fd4e58ce6aa800ed292df8a9a2962943 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>The Rotunda<\/h2>\n<p>The Rotunda is the Museum\u2019s second major area. On a podium inside a protected clear case is a 13-kilogram (28.7 lbs) bar of pure gold on a pedestal under the surveillance of several security cameras and guards. A scale provides a digital readout of the actual value of the bar based on that day\u2019s London gold price. A small opening allows visitors to reach in to handle the bar, permitting the bar to be lifted up with some effort from its pedestal with only one hand. Also on display is a 12-troy ounce (373 g) ingot of 24 carat gold, known as the \u201cCoronation Bar,\u201d given by Elizabeth II to Westminster Abbey during her 1953 coronation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-s70ml9a-6ee3552d04b27e5e441ec539e3e4b325\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-s70ml9a-6ee3552d04b27e5e441ec539e3e4b325{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-s70ml9a-6ee3552d04b27e5e441ec539e3e4b325 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu8jv2vb-cfb01df5f1fac3f3a5578a42a1f25ed0 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Banknote Gallery<\/h2>\n<p>On display in the nearby Banknote Gallery are a printing press and a 1905 geometric chuck lathe to generate the highly complex patterns used for anti-forgery methods in producing banknotes and other security documents. It was not until 1928, however, that the Bank instituted this method for printing its banknotes.<\/p>\n<p>The gallery also recounts the origin and evolution of its banknotes, and includes a shiny intaglio plate of the face of 28 \u00a350-notes bearing the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<p>Other displays include captured original artwork, sketches, dies, and forgeries of \u00a35, \u00a310, \u00a350, and \u00a31,000 Operation Bernhard notes produced by Jewish prisoners from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-qhifihq-bb80ee3ad4e59c0ae8169d293452de6e\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-qhifihq-bb80ee3ad4e59c0ae8169d293452de6e{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-qhifihq-bb80ee3ad4e59c0ae8169d293452de6e hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu8jvi7o-8bea09364a1485dfd404702ade33eabd '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>The Path to Decimalization<\/h2>\n<p>In another gallery, Britain\u2019s historic 1960s conversion to monetary decimalization is revisited. The centuries old pounds-shillings-pence monetary system from Anglo-Saxon times was replaced by a decimal currency with the pound now divided into 100 pence.<\/p>\n<p>Before the bookshop in the main hall is a display of coins struck by the Royal Mint. This was started in 1932 with the aim of compiling a representative collection of British regal coins\u2014those bearing the portrait of the reigning monarch that were issued since 1694, the year the Bank was founded.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l029b4u-079fdd65eeb1818f8fa02585a4675e94\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-l029b4u-079fdd65eeb1818f8fa02585a4675e94{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-l029b4u-079fdd65eeb1818f8fa02585a4675e94 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu8jwkzn-f137a4b1c5b24ff629ced77e881a5c05 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"TextA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This text was written by Howard M. Berlin and first published in his book The Numismatourist in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"TextA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">You can order his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dr-Howard-Berlin-Numismatourist-Worldwide\/dp\/B00RWU02F4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #0070c0;\">numismatic guidebook at Amazon<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"TextA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.numismatourist.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #0070c0;\">Howard M. 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