Pictures: A dying hobby gains currency in UAE
Collectors are only too happy to share the history of their collections with visitors
Numismatics, which is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money and related objects, has quite a following in the UAE. From professional numismatists to hobby collectors and antique traders, everyone has a special coin or banknote they cherish. Staff photographer Atiq Ur Rehman finds currency of every vintage with collectors in Dubai and Sharjah.
From a Ming dynasty Kuan note to the world’s biggest and smallest banknotes and coins of every shape and size, they have it all.
What’s more, these collectors are only too happy to share the history of their collections with visitors.Numismatics, which is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money and related objects, has quite a following in the UAE.
From professional numismatists to hobby collectors and antique traders, everyone has a special coin or banknote they cherish. Staff photographer Atiq Ur Rehman finds currency of every vintage with collectors in Dubai and Sharjah.
From a Ming dynasty Kuan note to the world’s biggest and smallest banknotes and coins of every shape and size, they have it all.
What’s more, these collectors are only too happy to share the history of their collections with visitors.history of their collections with visitors.