A collector's cabinet · 03

Coins & Notes

Numismatic stories spanning Indian history, commemorative issues and currencies gathered from abroad.

History held in the hand.

Coins and banknotes record changing nations, symbols, leaders, languages and economies. These selected pieces celebrate unusual forms, commemorative themes and the quiet pleasure of finding patterns within a collection.

Collection photographs

Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi commemorative five-rupee coins
₹100 banknotes with repeating-number serials
“Food for All” commemorative coins
Twenty-paise coins arranged as “20”
1982 World Food Day commemorative coin
Latvia 2016 five-euro hexagonal coin
ONGC 50 Years commemorative coin set, 2006
Stacks of Indian ten-paise coins
A historic Ceylon coin, shown on both sides
₹20 notes with patterned serial numbers: 003111–003999
₹20 notes with patterned serial numbers: 099111–099999