An hour with T.M.U. Sallay will have you looking at those coins and notes in your wallet from a very different perspective. As one of the first employees of Sri Lanka’s Central Bank, Mr. Sallay will be the first to tell you that the money we use so casually can not only be a work of art, but also be a victim of politics. Its ebb and flow are tremendously complex, but for a man who delights in the details there is a story worth telling behind every new coin and every change in colour.