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The Philatelic Numismatic Museum (Museo Filatélico Numismático) was inaugurated in 1990 under the name of Jaime Solera Bennett, who is distinguishes for its business and as the President of the Central Bank of Costa Rica. The interest in numismatics of Solera Bennett led him to the development of the collections of the Central Bank and, personally, to form one of the best collections of bills in Costa Rica, which was donated by his family to this museum in 1997. The museum belongs to one of the museums of the Central Bank, which maintains a large collection of stamps, the history of the telegraph and mail, among other things. The museum is located on the second floor of the Central Post Office Building of Costa Rica in San José.
The currency history in Costa Rica, from the “Real” to the “Colón”, is the new permanent exhibit at the Jaime Solera Bennett Numismatics Museum. This exhibit shows the evolution of the various means of change since 1502 until now in a very dynamic way. The tour explains about money and its use, and portrays a very interesting history of the country’s currency as the use of barter, the use of metallic coins which had its beginnings in the colonial period, the use of foreign coins and coffee and banana ticket s, the issue of banknotes of different banks until the Central Bank consolidation, the symbol shown in coins and notes, among other interesting topics. The most beautiful and valuable coins, bills, dies and coffee and bananas tickets from the Central Bank’s collection are displayed in this exhibition.
The Museum also offers an interactive area for promoting the collection of notes and coins and a video called “Paper and Silver Passions”. The collection of coins began in the 1950s and has about 5000 objects. The first numismatic exhibition took place at the Costa Rica Central Bank in 1971 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Independence of Costa Rica.
Address: 1st and 3rd Avenue, 2nd St., in the Central Post Office Building of Costa Rica.
GPS Coordinates: 9.934947,-84.079842 (9°56’5.81″N, 84°04’47.43″W)
Schedule: from Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Website: www.museodelbancocentral.org
Phone: + (506) 2223-6918
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