Coins $ Currency Exhibition :)

Reason to Smile: I was wondering what I am gonna do this weekend because the trip I was booked for got cancelled :(

I was told by a friend that there is a coins and currency exhibition happening at World Trade Center, Colaba. I generally avoid exhibitions because I mostly find it boring :P But since I was really not doing anything, might as well get bored in an exhibition ;)

I was taken aback with a surprise with so much to see and so much to learn and explore. History at times gives some coins or notes special significance and this money becomes legendary! Unlike money that changes hands daily, legendary coins and currency are larger than life.

Located at the WTC, the Exhibition included millions of objects, including coins, medals, decorations, stamps, old and new currency and paper money. It embraced the entire numismatic history of the world. The collection emphasized the development of money and medals in India and other parts of the world. It contained many great rarities in coins and currency, from the earliest coins created 2,700 years ago up to the latest innovations in electronic monetary exchange. Fascinating objects such as beads, wampum, shells, and other commodities once used as money, are also represented. Some coins are the first of their kinds; some become legendary because of their exceptional design and beauty; some have formed accidental; some represent the passionate quest for gold; and some become legendary because it symbolizes human struggle and triumph ! It also exhibited the promissory notes when currency was not called money; stamps from the pre-medival era to the current ones; the coins and some anti-crafts that's now called antique :)

It also had an Auction show of some of the very old coins and currencies for people to bid and take home some of the legendary collection kept for display!

Overall, it was a short and sweet time spent to know more, learn more and exhibit more :)

Some pics on FB :) Keep smiling for more ! :)


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