bhubaneswar which is the largest currency note of all times when did india have rs 250 currency note and how did it look did india ever have currency note of one paisa denomination to get answers for all these queries one should visit aravind agrawals house which has turned into a mini museum where currency notes of about 140 countries are on display currency notes of different hues attract him as iron attracts magnet agrawal 42 the passionate numismatist is a native of patnagarh in balangir district for the past three decades he has been collecting coins and notes of different countries as part of his hobby it all started when agrawal began collecting stamps in his childhood one day he received a european currency note which fascinated him thus began his quest for collecting more and more currency notes and become an accomplished numismatist my mother encouraged me the most to collect the currency notes i always remained in the look out for the notes whenever i was visiting new places or meeting strangers i have even travelled long distances to fetch some damaged notes of the medieval period agrawal said he has currency notes ranging from medieval period to the 21st century he is proud of his collection which has the largest currency note a russian 100 rubel which is about 255 cm long and 12 cm wide belonging to the reign of tsar nicholasii in 1910 apart from the largest rubel note which attracts many visitors the rs 250 note which was prevalent during the british rule and during the reign of king georgev between 19141918 also bring in the people to my place said agrawal he said he had received the rs 250 note from erstwhile king of patna rajraj singhdeo the notes and currency are a rich source of knowledge which inform us about our history and the history of other countries i have some punch mark coins and some coins belonging to the period of akbar and alauddin khilji these i think are prized collections which can help many research scholars get insight into the medieval period he explained his collection boasts of currencies not only of 140 countries but of 24 princely states as well