BDU organises numismatics, philatelic & antiquity exhibition
TNN | Feb 20, 2020, 04.03 AM IST
Trichy: The two-day numismatic, philatelic, notaphily and antique exhibition began with the display of some rare coins, currency notes and stamps in the main campus of Bharathidasan university on Wednesday.
Organised by the history department of BDU along with the Tiruchirappalli Numismatics Society (TNS), the event had a display of archaeological artefacts starting from pre-historic period to the present.
P Vijay Kumar, president of TNS, said Chera Chola, Pandya, Pallava and Nayak era coins were on showcased, apart from coins from British India and over 200 global countries.
He said that world’s biggest currency note from Manaysia of 600 ringgits was displayed along with the smallest from Russia which attracted interest among university students. Currency notes with highest denomination of Zimbabwe and Czechoslovakia were also displayed in the exhibition.
Numismatics section has displayed coins of micro size to the currency notes of the biggest and smallest size in the world. While metal coins made of gold, silver, bronze, Aluminium, nickel and bimetal coin, plastic coins introduced by Transnistria country were also in display.
Every day technology section has interesting artefacts such as pre-electric lighting systems, iron boxes, prayer tools, hair dressing instruments, locks and keys of pre-colonial times, weights and measures.
“Items which reflected the rural arts and culture that were interesting part of the exhibition,” said S Ganesh a student from university. “Early radios, cameras, and projects are displayed in the electronic section,” he said.
TNN | Feb 20, 2020, 04.03 AM IST
Trichy: The two-day numismatic, philatelic, notaphily and antique exhibition began with the display of some rare coins, currency notes and stamps in the main campus of Bharathidasan university on Wednesday.
Organised by the history department of BDU along with the Tiruchirappalli Numismatics Society (TNS), the event had a display of archaeological artefacts starting from pre-historic period to the present.
P Vijay Kumar, president of TNS, said Chera Chola, Pandya, Pallava and Nayak era coins were on showcased, apart from coins from British India and over 200 global countries.
He said that world’s biggest currency note from Manaysia of 600 ringgits was displayed along with the smallest from Russia which attracted interest among university students. Currency notes with highest denomination of Zimbabwe and Czechoslovakia were also displayed in the exhibition.
Numismatics section has displayed coins of micro size to the currency notes of the biggest and smallest size in the world. While metal coins made of gold, silver, bronze, Aluminium, nickel and bimetal coin, plastic coins introduced by Transnistria country were also in display.
Every day technology section has interesting artefacts such as pre-electric lighting systems, iron boxes, prayer tools, hair dressing instruments, locks and keys of pre-colonial times, weights and measures.
“Items which reflected the rural arts and culture that were interesting part of the exhibition,” said S Ganesh a student from university. “Early radios, cameras, and projects are displayed in the electronic section,” he said.
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