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South Karachi
South Karachi District · Sindh, Pakistan
State Bank of Pakistan Museum & Art Gallery, Karachi
Pakistan's money museum, in the red-sandstone former Imperial Bank on I. I. Chundrigar Road, from Indus seals to modern coins.
The State Bank of Pakistan Museum & Art Gallery on I. I. Chundrigar Road, Karachi, is the country's first monetary museum, set up in 2004 in the former Imperial Bank of India, a Greco-Roman building of red Jodhpuri sandstone from the 1920s. Its coin galleries run from barter and the seals of the Indus Valley people, through punch-marked coins of the 6th century BC and Indo-Greek issues, to the coinage of the Islamic era and the present day, with original dies and machines from the Pakistan Mint showing how coins are made.
Why go
- ✦Pakistan's first monetary museum
- ✦A 1920s red-sandstone bank building
- ✦Coins from the Indus seals to today
How to Reach
On I. I. Chundrigar Road, Karachi.
Planning tip
Best Time to Visit, Any time of year, since it is indoors; check opening days before you go.
Getting there, On I. I. Chundrigar Road, Karachi.
Allow, One to two hours.
What to Do
Nearby
Straight-line distance from State Bank of Pakistan Museum & Art Gallery, Karachi, within 5 km.
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