Seeking Help Translating Chinese On This Medal

The script at the bottom of the first pic is easy; it's just the date. "Year 1988".

Most of the text on the other side is written in "seal script", a form of Chinese calligraphy designed over 2000 years ago to be carved into small objects (like personal seals) rather than painted with ink on paper like the more familiar "regular" script. It's used when attempting to give an air of age or formality - think of it as similar to using blackletter script to write English. And it is similarly difficult for inexperienced Chinese-speakers to read.

Where the medal is from eludes me. Writing the date in this way - "1 9 8 8 Year" - is very much the style of mainland (communist) China, and other possible origins of the medal (eg. Taiwan or Japan) would probably write the date differently, using their own calendar rather than the AD calendar. But using seal script does not mesh well with using the "simplified" character set preferred by the Chinese government for official communications. Indeed, there's even a law in place saying if you use seal script, then you must use the "traditional" rather than "simplified" character set.

The two large center characters "National Treasure".
I can't make out what provinces below it from.
And below that is to commemorate the establishment of the national treasure money museum. I can't make out the character before the word money/cash.

The first two character above the two large "National Treasure" define a cycle of 60 years, like 1868, 1928, 1988...So I'm guessing its the beginning of another cycle?
These modern artistic script is mimicking the older Chinese style from my view point.

Thank you all.

From the above and other sources it has been determined that this is a commemorative/souvenir medal for the National Coins Museum in Suzhou, China.
It also depicts the Baoen Temple Pagoda in the same city.

Mystery solved--good to know!

Very nice!