Punjab farmer has treasure trove of rare currency
Come what may he is ready to collect rarest of rare Indian paper money and coins by applying all conceivable sources not for fame but for the passion which he inherited from his father.
By PTI |
CHANDIGARH: Come what may he is ready to collect rarest of rare Indian paper money and coins by applying all conceivable sources not for fame but for the passion which he inherited from his father.
Vijay Singh, a 43-year-old farmer from a nondescript village of Dharampur in Abohar tehsil in Ferozepur district of Punjab, is into the business of collection of rare Indian currency notes and coins.
"Starting from pre-independence Indian paper money to cash coupons of princely states and Indian paper money with misprints and errors...you name any currency and I have it with me," Singh, who inherited the hobby of collecting paper money and coins from his father Sahib Ram a retired revenue collection official, told PTI here.
"A few currency notes have been exchanged and others purchased with the help of family members and friends," Singh a kinnow grower by profession said.
His collection includes pre-independence Indian currency notes. The first one rupee note printed in England in 1917 with a portrait of King George V. "The money was introduced in October 1925 and withdrawn from circulation in June 1941," he says.
"Till date all versions of currency notes printed by Government of India are with me," he claims. Also in his collection are currency notes with fancy numbers with denominations from rupee one to one thousand.
Vijay Singh, a 43-year-old farmer from a nondescript village of Dharampur in Abohar tehsil in Ferozepur district of Punjab, is into the business of collection of rare Indian currency notes and coins.
"Starting from pre-independence Indian paper money to cash coupons of princely states and Indian paper money with misprints and errors...you name any currency and I have it with me," Singh, who inherited the hobby of collecting paper money and coins from his father Sahib Ram a retired revenue collection official, told PTI here.
"A few currency notes have been exchanged and others purchased with the help of family members and friends," Singh a kinnow grower by profession said.
His collection includes pre-independence Indian currency notes. The first one rupee note printed in England in 1917 with a portrait of King George V. "The money was introduced in October 1925 and withdrawn from circulation in June 1941," he says.
"Till date all versions of currency notes printed by Government of India are with me," he claims. Also in his collection are currency notes with fancy numbers with denominations from rupee one to one thousand.
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