From Freedom Square you can go up along Leonidze street where on its right, at the distance of 20-30 meters you can see the building of the National Bank of Georgia - the former Mutual Credit Society. The building was erected in 1913 (architect M. Ogajanov). Abbreviated names of the organization - the first owners of that credit department has been preserved - T.O.B.K.- (Tbilisi Mutual Credit Society). When Soviet power was established the building was confiscated and given to the State Bank. In 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union it was partly damaged and then restored. At first it was a two-storey building, in 1959-1960 a third storey was added to it. Its main facade facing the street is in "modern" style. The facade is decorated with relief ornament and figure compositions. One can see two figures of naked athletes as if rising from the wall surface and over the arc there is a picture alto-relievo of a man.
If you are fond of numismatics, the most curious thing you can find there is the Money Museum. The museum was established in 2001. The museum's exposition bears in a chronological order a many-century history of money industry and money circulation in Georgia since the 4th century B.C. as well as money from foreign countries: Kolkhuri tetri, Macedonian starter, antique coins, Arabian drachmas, Venetian ducats…Here you can buy copies of old Georgian money, modern Georgian investment, jubilee and collection money.
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