National Bank of Serbia opens Small Money Museum classroom to expand financial education for children and youth

The National Bank of Serbia opened a renovated financial education classroom, the “Small Money Museum”, at its building at 12 Kralja Petra Street to strengthen its programmes for children and young people. Governor Jorgovanka Tabaković formally opened the classroom and presented it to fourth-grade students from the “Jovan Sterija Popović” Primary School in New Belgrade, a longstanding partner in the NBS’s financial education activities. The classroom is designed to support NBS presentations, lectures and workshops for primary and secondary school students, with a focus on those first learning about money and finance. It includes graphic materials on the history of the dinar (coins and banknotes), gold as an early means of payment, and detailed explanations of money protection features, alongside historical facts about personalities depicted on banknotes and their professions. The exhibition also features examples such as the oldest, smallest and largest coins and banknotes, items with a maximum number of zeros, unusually shaped or made money, and money used in films and computer games, with exhibits that are both original and specially produced for the museum; the NBS noted its Department of Exhibitions and Education has delivered public financial education programmes for 21 years, including use of its numismatic collection, travelling exhibitions and workshops from preschool through university level.