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Topic: The British Museum has some Bitcoin items on display - page 2. (Read 340 times)

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Huh that is interesting. Was actually there circa 2015 and am pretty certain I did a full tour, would have remembered seeing that. Probably on loan on and off and on certain types of exhibits (rather than permanent exhibit).

Be cool to get a sense from the curator what made them think these pieces meant other than the obvious fame.

It's in Room 68, maybe you missed it?
https://www.britishmuseum.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/british_museum_map_june_2022.pdf

Here's a virtual visit to it:
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/british-museum/AwEp68JO4NECkQ?sv_h=0&sv_p=0&sv_pid=RxkgTGyMeXwHSmisqagmRg&sv_lid=3582009757710443819&sv_lng=-0.1265454358926945&sv_lat=51.51884274440813&sv_z=0.6911292499459274

Here's a video from the British Museum explaining the reasoning behind this in particular, which is an exhibition about money:
Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and their 17th century counterpart I Curator's Corner S4 Ep2

And here's the link of the museum gallery about money:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/money
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Huh that is interesting. Was actually there circa 2015 and am pretty certain I did a full tour, would have remembered seeing that. Probably on loan on and off and on certain types of exhibits (rather than permanent exhibit).

Be cool to get a sense from the curator what made them think these pieces meant other than the obvious fame.
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This is an exciting post. If ever I will go there, I would love that to be put on the agenda if ever I travel. Hopefully, I will be able to because I'm interested in these things. It's not always common to see stuff like this. I'm curious about the Casascius coins that one is missing now. Maybe someone cashed it in or something, lol.
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If you're in London, make sure to visit the British Museum, as they have some interesting stuff: https://www.britishmuseum.org

Since 2012 they have a Casascius coin, donated by Mike Caldwell: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2012-4040-4


Interestingly, it looks like in 2013 they had 2 Casascius coins on display: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1rnez1/back_in_2012_casascius_donated_some_coins_to/


But in a recent photo, it looks like there's only one now: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/wg9me1/bitcoin_cassascius_coin_2011_in_the_british_museum/


They also have a couple of Denarium coins from Finland, but not on display. They were donated by the company in 2020:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2020-4004-2


https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2020-4004-3


And they also have one Polymerbit note:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2018-4089-1


The creator of the Polymerbit note is still active in this forum: polymerbit
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