DW BUREAU / PATIALA The world's largest medal gallery and museum of precious coins, which once used to be housed in the ancient building of Sheesh Mahal, will soon be shifted to the Mohindra Kothi on Mall Road. Around Rs 70 crore is being spent on this special initiative of chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh. Disclosing this here today Preneet Kaur, Member of Parliament from Patiala, said that rare and precious medals, antique coins and other decorative items would be displayed here, by restoring the heritage look of the 84 room Mohindra Kothi.Preneet Kaur informed that more than 3200 medals, orders and about 3000 antique coins collected by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh and Maharaja Yadavindra Singh of Patiala were later gifted to the Punjab Museum, including Maharaja Bhupinder Singh and Maharaja Yadavindra Singh's own medals. She said that at first this medal gallery was exhibited by Maharaja Narinder Singh at Sheesh Mahal of old Moti Bagh in 1847, which was prepared on the lines of Shalimar Bagh, Lahore. She said that due to the lack of space there, chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh had given the Punjab Department of Culture and Tourism the task of preparing the Mohindra Kothi in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank for the exhibition of this precious treasure at a cost of about Rs 70 crore. The Lok Sabha member said that besides Nanakshahi coins, the coins from the erstwhile states of Patiala, Nabha, Malerkotla, Jind and coins from East India Company, Akbari, Mughalshahi Coins and Patiala Royal Treasury, Punch Mark, Cushions, Warriors, Coins of Shahij, Samant Dev, Gadhia, Delhi Sultanate, Pathan and Mughal period are also present here. (editor@dailyworld.in)