Case Study

Inspector Collector—he never gets tired of inspecting coins.

Of course, the Inspector found a coin museum to enjoy!

Tokyo's National Currency Museum contains more than 160,000 currency items,
mostly from Japan and other Asian countries.

Do you know an American coin that has a museum on it?

The building on this commemorative coin is part of the Smithsonian Institution
in Washington, D.C.  The Smithsonian's Museum of American History has a large
coin collection, including President Ulysses S. Grant's collection of old Japanese coins!

On his trip around the world, Japan was a favorite country of ex-President Grant.  He gave the Emperor a horse, and the Emperor gave him a collection of Japanese gold coins.

America also has a whole museum just for money!  That's the American Numismatic Association's Money Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Watch out, Inspector!

Time to say goodbye to Japan.

What did you learn about Japan?  Take your Customs Quiz now.