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Mumbai: Lost coins of 84 countries a surprise hit at BEST museum
Updated On: 26 March, 2024 06:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Visitors, especially school children, throng display of coins and currencies dropped or lost by foreign tourists on BEST buses
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Coins from various countries on display at the BEST Museum at Anik depot in Sion. Pics/Atul Kamble
BEST’s lost-and-found treasure has now become a central attraction at the undertaking’s museum at Anik depot in Sion. Coins from 84 countries and currency notes from 60 nations that remained unclaimed over the last decade are attracting crowds.
Yatin S Pimpale, museum curator, said, “We have put all the coins on proper display country-wise in small decorative gift trays. The currency notes have been put up on display boards. These have been the main attraction for one and all who visit the museum, especially school kids. There are coins from Tanzania, Turkey, Venezuela, Yemen, Sweden, Romania, Qatar. You name a country and we have its coins.”
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