The exhibition People & Money illustrates the history of money evolution from flint to digital money and chips.

The exhibition provides a comprehensive picture of both monetary and financial development in the Czechlands, including the story of the Czech National Bank since its foundation.

Visitors are invited to take advantage of the following facilities: Audio-visual viewings presented in a video-room at the entrance to the exhibition area, 65 show-cases displaying unique exhibits and payment instruments, a special show-case containing a ton of red gold, represented in various shapes, forgeries and examples of money protection techniques, interactive touch-screens, vast quantities of information stored in multimedia computers.

Digital audio guides with English or German commentary can be borrowed.

Photogallery

Examples of panoramic photographs of the Exhibition:

Photogallery of selected display cases

17th and 18th century currency systems (Show-case no. 8)

Shop of the Czech coin-minting firm Bižuterie Česká Mincovna

Souvenirs and collector's items can be bought at the exhibition from a stall run by the Czech coin-minting firm Bižuterie Česká Mincovna. The merchandise includes:

• Czech medals
  • common metal
  • silver
  • gold

• replicas of historical ducats, thalers
• sets of Czech circulating coins
  • standard quality
  • proof quality

• silver commemorative coins of the Czech National Bank
  • standard quality
  • proof quality

• Czech gold coins
  • standard quality
  • proof quality

• exhibition catalogue (in Czech or English), price: CZK 30 - as from 1 June 2004
  This is structured according to the show-cases at the exhibition and contains the main texts of each show-case complemented with a wealth of illustrations and photographs.

For more information on the merchandise currently on offer, please phone 224 413 038 or ask in the shop.
Shop opening hours:
Tuesdays to Fridays 9.00 a.m.-11.30 a.m. and 12.00 a.m.-2.00 p.m.
Late opening on Thursdays to 4 p.m.

Commemorative stamp

A commemorative stamp of the CNB's exhibition is available for those interested.

Video presentations

By arrangement with the guide, the following extra video presentations can be viewed at the end of your visit:

• "Cash Handling at the CNB"
  - presentation on the handling, storage, registration, calculation, inspection and destruction of damaged banknotes - duration: approx. 9 minutes
• "The 5,000-crown note"
  - presentation on the preparation and production of the 5000-crown banknote (with commentary by the designer Oldřich Kulhánek, the engraver Miloš Ondráček and other personalities) - duration: approx. 19 minutes
• "The twenty-crown note"
  - presentation on the preparation and production of the present twenty-crown banknote - duration: 11 minutes
• "The Czech National Bank and the European Union"
  - presentation on the work of the Czech National Bank and the Czech Republic associated with entry into the EU - duration: approx. 7 minutes
• "Silver commemorative coins"
  - presentation on the preparation and minting of the 200-crown silver commemorative coins issued to mark the anniversary of the birth and death of composer Zdeněk Fibich (with an introductory word by the designer of the coin and others) - duration: 11 minutes
• "Seventy Years of the National Bank of Czechoslovakia"
  - presentation on the anniversary of the central bank - duration: approx. 12 minutes
• "Gold Coins of the Crown Lands of Bohemia"
  - presentation on the preparation and minting of gold coins - duration: approx. 10 minutes
• "Genuine or Counterfeit"
  - examples of counterfeits of historical and present-day money - duration: approx. 7 minutes
• "Coins and Us"
  - five-part educational presentation on present-day coins - duration: 20 minutes
• "Banknotes and Us"
  - six-part educational presentation on the security features of present-day banknotes - duration: approx. 20 minutes
• "Karel Engliš"
  - presentation on the life and work of the Czech economist, former Governor of the National Bank of Czechoslovakia and Minister of Finance of the Czechoslovak Republic, with an accompanying commentary by Prof. František Vencovský - duration: approx. 14 minutes

All the above presentations are in Czech only.

Visitors to the exhibition can view the following multimedia presentations:

• "The State Printing Office"
  - on the past and present production of the manufacurer of Czech banknotes and other printed material (Czech, English and German versions)
• "Paper Money in Portugal"
  - interactive presentation on the history of Portuguese banknotes - prepared by the Banco de Portugal (English and Portuguese versions)

Let us conclude by expressing our firm belief that, apart from fairly original visual impressions, you will carry home a great deal of useful information