..........He sells ‘otta kaal anna’ (coin with a hole in the centre), ‘oru anna’ (one anna), and five and ten paise coins, among others. Students, cinema production teams and coin collectors frequently approach him for purchasing the coins. “When I worked in a shop earlier, I would keep aside coins of different shapes. My interest in coins began then,” he says. The coins are priced according to their value, ranging between Rs. 3 and Rs. 1,000. He goes to various districts and States to collect the coins. “Most coins are found on river beds as there used to be a practice of dropping coins while bathing. I have found many coins in Thanjavur, Karaikudi, Mumbai and Kolkata,”.........
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