jeevandeep singh of chandigarh road was 10 when he found two exceptional and impressive coins of ancient era at amritsar and these coins were enough to make his heart spin for numismatic today at 36 he has a collection of over 4000 coins of ancient medieval and modern period he is a member of the numismatics society of india oriental numismatic society netherland and national numismatics society of ludhiana not only this he also boasts of sikh coins from baba banda singh bahadur to maharaja dalip singhs time though majority of the coins are of maharaja ranjit singhs era jeevandeep said he used to buy coins online also and recently purchased two coins from us educationist by profession jeevandeep used to collect coins from different parts of the country and keep his collection in wallets he has created websites for promotion of sikh coins wwwsikhcoinsin and wwwnumisin though which he creates awareness among the coins collectors earlier he was not familiar with urdu language but due to this hobby learnt the language and now he can easily read the words engraved on the coins of sultanate and mughal period jeevandeep has vast collection of pre and postindependence coins and those of princely states like patiala jind kaithal nabha malerkotla rajkot and jodhpur jeevandeep says he is simply crazy about his interest that would continue till his last breath mauryans kushans and indogreek coins of ancient period fascinates everyone as they are very rare along with that he is having coins of mohammad ghori mohammad ghazni mughal coins from babar to bahadur shah zafar this way of keeping coins attracted everyone towards his collection and brought forth his dedication towards this interest ludhiana he has participated in many coin exhibitions and received many awards in bangalore hyderabad new delhi and indore