Hello Friends,
On behalf of the Committee of the Mumbai Coin
Society (MCS), I welcome you to the new and
improved website of the MCS.
This website is launched to coincide the 9th
Annual Coin and Banknote Fair at the prestigious
World Trade Center, Mumbai. This year’s show
is larger than any show we have ever organized
with a record number of stalls and participants.
From a modest beginning in March 2003 with
11 members, the MCS has grown by leaps and bounds
and our efforts are now beginning to bear fruit
with our family of collectors and dealers in
Indian Numismatics, swell year after year.
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome
our new patron members and thank them for their
munificence. On behalf of the MCS, with great
pleasure, I extend a warm welcome to new Patron
Members’: Mr Mr. Rezwan Razack (Jt MD of the
Prestige Group, Baanglore), Mr. Vikram Tennan,
Mr. Sanjay Gosalia (Bombay Coins and Stamps
Library)
As of 20th September 2011, the MCS has 435
life members on its rolls and assets in excess
of Rs 10 lakhs. However, our greatest is the
unstinting support of each of our members’,
for this, I on behalf of the MCS Committee thank
each one of you. Tough it is not possible to
thank each one of you individually or mention
your names individually in acknowledgement;
I am indeed grateful for your support and expect
the same for years to come.
Since I last addressed you there have a number
of changes, which I will elucidate below:
In June 2011, Mr. Abdul Razak Sheikh, who functioned
as Secretary and Mr. Sudip Kheria who functioned
as Jt. Secretary tendered their resignations
due to personal reasons, which the Committee
subject to conditions unanimously accepted.
The Committee asked Mr. Dinesh Hedge to take
over the responsibilities of the Secretary.
The post of Jt. Secretary is currently vacant.
The Committee co-opted two new committee members:
Mr. Amit Ashok Surana and Mr. Kaizad F. Todywalla.
Mr. Kishorebhai Jhunjhunwallaji was appointed
as Chairman of the Exhibition Committee, unanimously.
With a view to security and to boost memberships,
the committee has unanimously decided that all
stallholders in any event hosted by the MCS
will have to be life members.
The committee plans to reinstate and regularize
the monthly meetings and invites members to
apply as coordinators for these meetings.
Last but not the least I draw your attention
to our new and re-vamped website! We have incorporated
a number of path breaking new concepts in the
website which will be implemented in phases
over the course of the next six months. This
I am sure will prove to a boon to all members,
this is the first time in India, that a website
has incorporated stolen, missing and misplaced
items in addition to forgeries in the market
to make members and the public at large more
aware and informed.
An exclusive and secure member’s area has
been created for the exclusive use of members
that will publish articles and other information
for the discerning numismatists. To supplement
the cost of making and running this website
the MCS has launched a unique online, e-advertisement
scheme that will give global exposure to advertisers,
and so I invite you to join this program and
benefit from it.
Looking to the future, I would like to stress
that it is our fervent endeavour to promote
the hobby and enrich society. We are also working
towards extending the scope of the hobby by
seeking active participation from premier institutions
like the RBI, Indian Posts, Museums and other
institutions to preserve our vast Monetary history
and culture.
To that end, I invite each one of you to participate
and partake in all activities and to share your
valuable comments and feedback with us.
Best regards,
Farokh S. Todywalla
[email protected]
Mr. Kishorebhai Jhunjhunwalla, Chairman
– Exhibition Committee
Started in 2003 by a dedicated group of numismatists,
the Mumbai Coin Society was established to promote
Indian Numismatics and to meet the society’s
core objective of safeguarding and perpetuating
our rich and diverse cultural and monetary heritage
for coming generations. Your MCS has since been
instrumental in giving impetus to the hobby
of coin collecting through its various activities.
In 2007 the society was registered and regularised
to bring about further transparency in its operations.
This website is our attempt to further spread
awareness and information to all.
I appeal to all, that they encourage those
in their circle to take up numismatics as a
hobby and become members of MCS today!