Origin, Evolution and Circulation of Foreign Coins in the Indian Ocean

Papers in this collection are rich in content and diversity and cover a wide range of fields from the origin of chinese and greek coins to modern bank notes.

Islamic coins and coins for presentation and display in early modern europe and roman, chinese, indian and islamic coins circulating in Sri Lanka and several other countries of the indian ocean.

Of special interest are the papers on early european coins and paper money printed/minted in europe for circulation in Sri Lanka.