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Michael Mitchiner, born in Croydon in 1938, is a physician by profession. He began taking an interest in coins after being given some by an uncle when he was nine years old. After leaving school he studied medicine at Guy’s Hospital, in London. Later, he spent several years on the staff of Guy’s Hospital, and gained a Ph.D. for research on the structure of viruses. Michael Mitchiner has written numerous article and several books on coinage, since his first numismatic paper was published in 1969. These include a set of volumes on Indo-Greek and Indo-Schythian Coinage published during 1975-76, three large volumes on Oriental Coins published during 1977-79, and three volumes on Jetons, Medalets and Tokens published during 1988-98. Subsequently he has also published twos volumes on the Coinage and History of South India in 1998, on the History and Coinage of South East Asia in 1998, on Indian Tokens in 1998, and Coinage and History of East Bengal (Bangladesh) in 2000. From 1976 until 1985 he was editor of the Oriental Numismatic Society’s Newsletter.