THE COIN COLLECTOR
Business Today India|June 11, 2023
Aloke Bajpai, Co-founder and Group CEO of ixigo, has more than 700 coins, some dating back to the Mughal era
SMITA TRIPATHI
THE COIN COLLECTOR

WHEN ALOKE BAJPAI, Cofounder and Group CEO of online travel aggregator platform ixigo, was around 10 years old, his grandfather gave him some British era coins. The young boy was fascinated and that started his love affair with coin collecting.

Over the years, Bajpai has collected coins from the Mughal empire and also the Maratha period. “Some of these coins I found in a family chest. Some others were exchanged with other coin collectors,” says the 43-year-old. He also has old copper mohars that are undated.

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