Collection of Financial and Economic History

The origins of this collection date back to the Royal Prussian Armoury. From 1952 onwards, the MfDG acquired numerous objects relating to financial history, which were first brought together in 1977 to form an independent numismatic collection. From the start, the Deutsches Historisches Museum also developed an extensive the numismatic collection, focusing on economic history, particularly the topics of Work and Occupation in Transition and Technological Progress. In 1991, the numismatic collections of the DHM and the MfDG were merged. In 2020, the collection was renamed Financial and Economic History. It now consists of four sub-collections: coins, medals, banknotes, and historical securities.