2017-07-31 Mon

Mintage World was proud to participate in Karnataka Numismatic Society’s annual coin exhibition, Nanyadarshini 2017 that was held at Shikshakara Bhawan, KG Road last week. The show was a grand success and showcased the world's smallest set of coins apart from many other exciting collections of coins, banknotes and postage stamps.

60 stalls were set up at the exhibition and hundreds of people attended the show each day. Tiny gold coins belonging to the 14th-century Vijayanagara Empire, weighing 0.25-0.75 g, were presented by a collector/dealer Rajendra Maro. Unique-numbered rare Rs 10 to Rs 2,000 notes were also offered for a higher value than its face value. Coins from post-Mauryan-era towns Suktimati, Tripuri and Kasi Janapada were offered by Gautam Jantakal. A 22-carat The Hobbit stamp from New Zealand, embroidered and radium stamps were also showcased. Extremely thin Persian silver coins called Larin from the reign of Bijapur SultanAli Adil Shah (1657-1672 AD) and coins of Mysuru Wodeyars (1638-1659 AD) were offered by P K Keshavamurthy.

Rare Mughal and the colonial era coins with a market value of Rs 10 lakh were auctioned by Todywalla and Imperial Auctions on 29th July while the Bombay Auctions was held on 30th July.