Historical Coins Exhibition

Madikeri, May 18: An exhibition of rare historical coins from the collection of renowned doctor Dr. M.G. Patkar, who has an artistic bent along with his medical profession, was inaugurated. Kesavamurthy, a renowned coin and stamp collector from Hunsur, inaugurated the exhibition of coins collected by renowned doctor Dr. Patkar at the city museum.

He praised the fact that there are about 3000 rare coins in Dr. Patkar's collection. He explained that stamp and coin collection is a good hobby.

Speaking, Patkar, who was also the president of the Kodagu Philately Club in the past, recalled that his father used to collect and preserve old stamps. He said that he too continued the same hobby and took up coin collection when it became impossible to save the stamps in the cold climate of Madikeri.

Among the coins on display, rare Banavasi coins, a third-century gold Varaha coin from the time of Chandragupta II, India's first punchmark coins that came into circulation in the sixth century BC, Greek, Roman, Kushan, Gupta, Satavahana, Chola, Pallava, Pandya, etc., are attracting the attention of the visitors.

Coins from the Mughal rulers Akbar, Shahjahan, Aurangzeb, Jahangir, British Coins from the Portuguese, French, Dutch periods, coins from the foreign invaders Suri Lodhi, Gori, Khilji, Toghlaq, Ghazni, and many gold, silver, copper, and brass coins will be seen in this collection.

Curator Rekha, Jayalakshmi Patkar, Chintan Patkar, Salila Patkar, Kodagu Janapada Parishad President B.G. Ananthashayana, Rotary Woods President Kiran Kunder, social worker Dinesh, Press Distributors Association member Shivaprasad Bhat and others were present at the inauguration ceremony.

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