Ever thought of the fact that that Rs. 2 coin that you hand over with such nonchalance may have a story to tell? The RBI Monetary Museum at Fort Mumbai is a place where many such tales may be found
Mumbai’s Fort area has been a centre of commerce for many generations now. Even now, despite the city’s centre of gravity moving northward, the areas still hums with business activity, from the pigeonhole offices in its decaying brownstones to the sleek modern tower of the BSE.
The Reserve Bank of India building is one of the more modern structures in the precinct, and it has carved out a section of its older offices on Pherozeshah Mehta Road to house the RBI Monetary Museum, which was started in 1998. It could have no better location.
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(This story appears in the 27 August, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)