This interview discusses Joe's interest and approach in studying and curating coins, as well as the research being undertaken on the British Museum's South Asian coin collection. In this interview Joe talks about his interest in Asian numismatics and his initial work at the British Museum. He discusses the idea and curation of the British Museum's HSBC Money gallery. We discuss his collaboration projects with scholars from South Asia and the access that different audiences have to these collections.
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This interview discusses Joe's interest and approach in studying and curating coins, as well as the research being undertaken on the British Museum's South Asian coin collection. In this interview Joe talks about his interest in Asian numismatics and his initial work at the British Museum. He discusses the idea and curation of the British Museum's HSBC Money gallery. We discuss his collaboration projects with scholars from South Asia and the access that different audiences have to these collections.
Interview with Dr Paul Stevens on collecting Indian coins by Shreya Gupta
Asian Studies Centre
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1 year ago
Interview with Dr Paul Stevens on collecting Indian coins by Shreya Gupta
This interview discusses Paul Steven’s journey of collecting and researching Indian coins In this interview Dr Paul Stevens recounts his story of getting interested in collecting Indian coins and his journey of building his collection. He talks about the books he has authored, 'The Coins of the English East India Company: Presidency Series - A Catalogue and Pricelist' (Spink, 2017), and with Randy Weir, 'The Uniform Coinage of India 1835 to 1947: A Catalogue and Pricelist' (Spink, 2012). Finally, he discusses his idea and motivation and current work in building an online database of Indian coins, http://psindiancoins.com Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
Asian Studies Centre
This interview discusses Joe's interest and approach in studying and curating coins, as well as the research being undertaken on the British Museum's South Asian coin collection. In this interview Joe talks about his interest in Asian numismatics and his initial work at the British Museum. He discusses the idea and curation of the British Museum's HSBC Money gallery. We discuss his collaboration projects with scholars from South Asia and the access that different audiences have to these collections.
