The Currency Note Exhibition at the Reserve Bank of India is being held as part of its Platinum Jubilee Celebrations. We also decided to drop by next door, at the Monetary Museum, to find out why King George VI had to spin 45 degrees for us to beat the Japanese



Okay, so museum visits are for pre-pubescent kids, geeks and the PhD population. A few steps into the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Museum will drive away misconceptions.

Bright, airy and inviting exhibits with user-friendly inputs, courtesy some seriously inspired planning, design and R&D by the National Institute of Design in tandem with RBI's archival department has ensured that this museum is refreshingly different. Soon you are left gawking at its gilt-edged, treasured wonder walls that give you a fascinating lowdown of India's monetary might, as you steamroll down the ages, from BC to AD.