Snippets of Information
Numismatics
* 2 Jan 2026
In the beginning of the present century there sprang up a class of
numismatists, who were not only very keen collectors of coins and ardent
students but were also keen on the co-ordination of the results of
these researches and on systematising the studies by affording a common
platform for bringing together collectors and students of Indian Numismatics.
With this end in view the six founders of this Society, viz. Mr. (later
Sir) Richard Burn, I.C.S., H.R. Nevill, I.C.S., R.B. Whitehead, I.C.S.,
H.N. Wright, I.C.S., Framji Thanawala, and Rev. Dr. P. Taylor, D.D. Met
together for the first time at Allahabad on 28th December 1910 and
brought into being a Society called 'The Numismatic Society of India' .
Source: Fifty Years of Numismatic Society of India by A.K. Narain, thenumismatics.org, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
* 2 Jan 2026
An expert in the field of Numismatics and Epigraphy Dr. V.S. Wakankar (the
Pitamaha of Rock Art in India) has collected and studied about 5500
coins ranging from 5 th Century B.C.E. onwards. These are today the
pride collection of the "Wakankar Shodh Sansthan". Dr. Jagannath
Dubey, Dr. Murali Reddy, late Mr. Narayan Bhatiji have contributed
immensely to this Herculean task of collection and painstaking study.
Apart from this, today more than 15000 coins and a collection of about
250 inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Brahmi languages enriching the
collection of "Wakankar Shodh Sansthan".
Source: heritageuniversityofkerala.com
* 2 Jan 2026
In 1961, The Numismatic Society of India persuaded the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, to release a documentary
film on Indian Coins on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the
society. Accordingly, the Film Division of said ministry produced a documentary film under the title 'Romance of India Coins'.
Dr. P. L. Gupta, on behalf of the society, was associated with the film
division as Advisor. The film was released on the occasion of the
Golden Jubilee of the Society and it won President of India's Merit
Certificate.
Source: thenumismatics.org/research
* 2 Jan 2026
In the earlier years, The Numismatic Society of India had taken a very
keen interest in the preparation of the lists or catalogues of
collections lying in various museums and with the private collectors.
The important published catalogues are Catalogue of Coins in the
Lahore Museum, Catalogue of Gupta Coins in the British Museum, Catalogue
of the Provincial Cabinet of Eastern Bengal & Assam Coins,
Catalogue of Mughal coins, A Catalogue of coins of Indian States,
Catalogue of Coins in the Bharat Itihasa Samsodhaka Mandal, Catalogue of
Indian Coins in the British Museum.
Source: thenumismatics.org/research
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