A clinician by education and a venture capitalist by profession — and, in the hours between, a collector. I gather small objects that carry large histories: the banknotes of every nation, the football cards of a single genius, and stamps that mark the moments where sport, revolution, and a Himalayan kingdom entered the record. Three collections, one obsession — holding a piece of the story in hand.
Collecting, for me, is a way of paying attention. Each currency is a country's self-portrait; each card is a frozen second of brilliance; each stamp is a nation deciding what is worth remembering. I collect deliberately and catalogue carefully — chasing completeness where it is possible, and meaning where it is not.
A living catalogue of banknotes and coins from every sovereign nation on earth — all 195, from the Afghan afghani to the Zambian kwacha. The goal is total: one authentic currency from each country, mapped, catalogued, and tracked toward completion.
The full collection lives in an interactive dashboard — a world map, a regional breakdown, and a wall of every flag, updated as each new currency arrives.
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A focused chase of a single, singular player: Lionel Messi, told through his World Cup football cards. From early tournament issues to the 2022 champion, the collection follows the arc that ended in Qatar with the trophy finally lifted.
The cards are photographed and showcased on Instagram, where the collection is displayed piece by piece under the handle @wcm_cards.
View the cards on Instagram →An avid stamp collector's three deliberate themes — sport, revolution, and a Himalayan kingdom — each chosen for the history it holds rather than its face value.
Stamps issued by the nations that hosted the FIFA World Cup and those that lifted the trophy — a philatelic history of football's greatest stage, tournament by tournament.
Issues commemorating the Battles of Lexington and Concord — the opening shots of the American Revolution in 1775 — including the U.S. commemoratives that mark "the shot heard round the world."
Early stamps of Nepal issued before the fall of the Rana regime in 1951 — the classic Pashupati and Sri Pashupati issues, a scarce window into the kingdom's philatelic beginnings.
If you have a currency I'm missing, a Messi World Cup card, or a stamp from one of these themes — or you simply love collecting — I'd be glad to hear from you.
Email Ubin @wcm_cards on Instagram