udaipur vinay bhanawat a 60year old numismatist has made it to the top 100 positions of highest record holders in the world a panel of editors of books of world records from six countries have approved on his name to be included in the list of people having the largest number of records to their names for various accomplishmentsbhanawat would be felicitated in a function to be held in new delhi on november 12 at siri fort auditorium where all the record holders would congregate bhanawat holds 27 world records under various categories of collection of currencies and coins he has a vast collection of fancy number and special series notes and even a coin of rs 150 of rabindranath tagore issued on his 150th birth anniversarybhanawat has 92 thousand bank notes ending with 786 worth 1133595 rupeeswhich he collected during february 2008 to september 2012 he had beaten the world records created earlier by dubais mohammed farooq 32600 notes pakistans mamnoon hasan 60000 notes and that of bangladesh s mohammed rakibullah khan 78000 notes in the category bhanawat also has a collection of total 1008 defective notes varying between rs 1 to rs 1000 denomination issued by the rbithese notes have rare defects like missing serial numbers mark shifts misprints and amount to a value of 33195 rupees lately distressed by the demonetization move followed by the restriction laid on the public from keeping the old currencies bhanawat had even moved a petition to the prime minister seeking exemption to preserve the currencies that he claimed were acqui red through much labour and perseverancethese notes may be trash now for the common man and the government but for those like me who have dedicated lot of time and money to collect cannot afford to part from them bhanawat says the old man had pursued his hobby of currency and stamp collections at the mere age of 11 and has spent lakhs of rupees for ithe is also the founder of mewar philatelic society a 28 year old organization with over 100 members encouraging people in numismatics and notaphilly