West Indian and Indonesian currencies feature Hindu gods

Wednesday 21st December 2016 06:39 EST
 
 

Currency notes and coins from over 193 countries of the world was put up for exhibition at TJSB Sahakari Bank in Manjalpur, Vadodara. While the exhibition saw several rare currencies up for display, two notes, from West Indies and Indonesia caught everybody's eye as they featured images of Lord Ganesha and Lord Krishna.

The exhibition presented several types of currency notes and coins in different shapes, sizes, and colours, of different value, from several countries including India. Also up for display was an old note of Rs 1000 banned in 1978. Also to be seen were coins dating back to the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Akbar, and Aurangzeb.


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