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Amid the rush among Indian expatriates scurrying home to exchange the demonetised notes before the December 30 deadline, a Dubai-based Indian numismatist, has advised his compatriots to "hold onto their old currency notes".

In a serially numbered packet, banknotes with any defect, detected at the printing stage, are replaced at the note printing presses by banknotes having the same number so that the sequence of the packet is maintained.

There have been over 200 searches across the country for black money since the notes ban and crores have been found in new 2,000-rupee notes that are not so easily available at banks and ATMs yet.

For Hariprasad Aswa his long-cherished dream of earning nationwide recognition has finally come true. The collector of currency notes of various denominations with the same serial number and also same serial number railway platform tickets is acknowledged as a record holder in his category by the Limca Book of Records.

Amid the rush among Indian expatriates scurrying home to exchange the demonetised notes before the December 30 deadline, a Dubai-based Indian numismatist, has advised his compatriots to "hold onto their old currency notes".

In a serially numbered packet, banknotes with any defect, detected at the printing stage, are replaced at the note printing presses by banknotes having the same number so that the sequence of the packet is maintained.

There have been over 200 searches across the country for black money since the notes ban and crores have been found in new 2,000-rupee notes that are not so easily available at banks and ATMs yet.

For Hariprasad Aswa his long-cherished dream of earning nationwide recognition has finally come true. The collector of currency notes of various denominations with the same serial number and also same serial number railway platform tickets is acknowledged as a record holder in his category by the Limca Book of Records.