Museum of Stamps and Coins | |
Native Name: | Musée des timbres et des monnaies de Monaco |
Location: | Fontvieille, Monaco |
Type: | Numismatic museum, philatelic museum |
The Museum of Stamps and Coins is located in the Fontvieille section of Monaco. It tells the postal history of the principality, and contains a display of Monegasque money dating to 1640.
An elite philatelic club, the Club de Monte-Carlo, was established in 1999 and is headquartered at the museum. The club showcases rare material at the museum on a bi-annual basis.[1] [2]