Currencies provide a window into the wider histories of trade, politics and cultural interactions. In West Africa, they reflect the complex legacies of colonial rule and decolonization. In collaboration with Dr Ellen Feingold, Curator of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian, we created an open access digital collection of the West African currency objects in the National Numismatic Collection. The Learning Labs linked present curated sub-collections of objects with background material for use in teaching. 

---