BI to host numismatic show

BI to host numismatic show

JAKARTA: The Bank of Indonesia (BI) will hold a numismatic
exhibition from Aug. 25 to Aug. 29, featuring the bank's
collection of coins and banknotes from the ancient Javanese
Majapahit kingdom.

The exhibition will be open for public view at the Wisma
Candra building in the BI office complex on Jl. Kebon Sirih,
Central Jakarta.

Other collections on display include coins and banknotes from
ancient Islamic kingdoms, the Dutch colonial period, the Japanese
occupation, the Independence era and modern times.

Chairman of the Indonesian Numismatic Association Singgih,
former attorney general during the Soeharto era, said the bank's
Artha Suaka Museum on Jl. Kebon Sirih had valuable collections
that should be revealed to the public.

"We hope that with this exhibition, people will be encouraged
to learn about numismatics," he said on Thursday. -- JP