Rezwan Razack (2024)

Dr. Rezwan Razack started collecting Indian Paper Money as his childhood hobby. Over the past nearly 60 years, he accomplished a specialized collection comprising of one note of each variety of Paper Money pertaining to India since inception to the present.

This is today the most comprehensive collection in the world. ‘The Revised Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money’, a book that Dr. Razack co-authored and released in January 2012, is currently the single most reliable point of reference on Indian Paper Money globally.

In 2010, Dr. Rezwan Razack started the India Chapter of IBNS and is the Chairman of International Bank Note Society India Banknote Collectors’ Chapter.

In 2020, Dr. Rezwan Razack’s long cherished dream, the ‘Rezwan Razack’s Museum of Indian Paper Money’, dedicated to Indian Paper Money was inaugurated in Bangalore, India, and opened to public.

In 2021, the G. D. Goenka University has conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) Honoris Causa in recognition of his exemplary contribution in the field of Indian Paper Money.

Over the years, Dr. Razack received many awards for his articles and books. In 2023, the Banknotes of the British World Group bestowed on him the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for opening the museum to the public, for his extensive research, for significant contributions to advance banknote collecting and for supporting the Banknotes of the British World community.

Rezwan shares his knowledge with students to promote numismatics as a hobby. He organizes numismatic events, seminars, competitions and is highly approachable to the numismatic fraternity. As such, he embodies the best qualities of numismatics.