Havana - Museo Numismatico

Located at Number 8 Calle Oficios just off Havana's Plaza de Armas, the Museo Numismantico is a pleasant diversion for visitors specifically interested in numismatics. The collection of over 1500 pieces is arranged in chronological order from the very beginning of the development of Cuba to present day. Also on display are a wide variety of other forms of currency including lottery tickets, bonds, and some interesting attempts at counterfeiting.

Of particular interest at the Museo Numismatico is the valuable collection of twenty gold coins. For those less interested in the collection inside, the building the museum is housed in is in some people's opinion, much more interesting. This late 1700th Century building has a beautiful façade and is said to be inhabited by the ghost of a Colonial lady dressed in white. Perhaps she is the defacto guard of the gold coins?