History of Indian Coins – Commemorative
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Within the last few years the use ability of
the coins as a mass advertising medium has been recognized. Coins are used to
honor personalities of the nation to celebrate important anniversaries or to
put around certain political, economic or cultural projects into the center. The commemorative coins issued since the
independence to 1972 were provided as general circulation money. (except the F.A.O. - set of 1971) |
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The first commemorative set of Jawaharlal Nehru 1964
with variants in English and Hindi
The era of commemorative coins of independent
India started with the memory of
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, he on May 27th, 1964 died. A set with 1 rupee and 50 Paise still was
issued in the same year on November 14th.
(each nickel) |
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Both coins had the portrait of Pandit
Nehru in English with the legend Jawaharlal Nehru on the front. After the issuance of these coins there was a
great protest in the parliament. The name should be written in Hindi. So the mint of coins was stopped as of the
middle of 1965 and a new coin returned with the legend in Hindi the stamp in
the 50 Paise. The rupee coin, however, was left unchanged. |
1964-1965 Jawaharlal Nehru 1886-1964 |
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Since the introduction of the decimal
currency (April 1st, 1957) the government decision on the strike of coins in
1969 was another milestone in the coining history of India. The strike of
coins up to 100 got rupee authorized |
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100th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi 1969 with
commemorative 10 Rupees On this occasion Mahatma Gandhi was honored with the 2nd coining set as a father of the nation for his 100th birthday. Issues on October 3rd, 1969. (Offices of R.B I. were closed on
October 2nd, 1969.) (10 Rupees – silver, 1 Rupee - nickel, 50 Paise -
nickel und 20 Paise Cu-Ni-bronze) |
1969 Mahatma Gandhi
1869-1948 |
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Commemorative set 25th
anniversary of the FAO 1970 "FOOD FOR ALL"
This third
commemorative series was coined on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of
the F.A.O of the united nations in the year 1970. (F.A.O. Food- and agriculture organization of the
UNO) Frame
of a program promoted by the F.A.O. issued 10 rupees and 20 Paise for the
general circulation. 1 year later, these then were once
again set is when issued to commemorative coins only for collectors. (10 Rupees - silver, 20 Paise Cu-Ni-bronze) |
1970/71 Food For All |
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Commemorative set 25th
anniversary of independence 1972 Also the 4th
series to the 25th anniversary of the
independence issued as general
circulation coins on August 16th,
1972 with 10 Rupees and 20 Paise. (10
Rupees – silver (part also nickel) und 20 Paise Cu-Ni-bronze) |
1972 25 Jahre Unabhängigkeit 1947-1972 |
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1973 were limited that go the values as of 5 rupee
in a corresponding crowd produced and into the circulation downward of the
commemorative coins. Higher values exclusively were left up to collectors
now. The issue of commemorative coins to a regularity now
become. At least a new became set coined now almost every year, as of 1981
also more in the year. Minting
place commemorative for the it partly is for sets exclusively in Bombay
(Mumbai) and later in Kalkutta (Kolkate), too. The smaller values for the
circulation were coined in Kalkutta and as of 1974 also in Hyderabad (Values
5 Rupees ans lower). Issues for the general circulation are coined also at the other minting places. 2004 were also 10 rupees decided again on to mint
as circulation money. Main
topics under patronage of the F.A.O. were topics for the food, family and
current commercial development. Subsequent costs of the war with Pakistan and
the drought of 1965/66 as well as the fight for the country redistribution in
west Bengalis took general problems in the farming. The
further policy under Indira Gandhi as of 1971 with nationalizations, power
centralization and restriction of foreign investors didn't prevent the
expansion of the economic crisis. The crisis was strengthened by streams of
refugees from Bangladesh, oil price rises 1973/1974, new drought, inflation
and industrial dynamics falling off. 1974
was asked for stand-by credit of the international monetary fund. As
of 1988 is the environment also makes a topic grow in connection with the
food cultivation. The
memory of personalities of the Indian life and anniversary of social
highlights increases in the center of the motive design end of 90s and
beginning of 2 millennium be. (supreme court, railway, post and others) Theme of then ew 10 Rupies (since 2004) shall
be: -
„unity of diversity and difference“ -
„Mudras“ (sanctified symbol of Buddhism / Hinduism,
gesticulation) of Bharatnatyam (art
of Indian dance) -
Computer-network and information technology. |
10 Rupien 1969-73 silver (1972 part with copper-nickel),
since 1974 cooper-nickel;
20 Rupien 1973 silver, 1985-1989 cooper-nickel since
1989 without
50 Rupien 1974-1979 silver, 1992-1996
cooper-nickel, since 1997 silver or also cooper-nickel (rar)
100 Rupien 1980-heute Silber
(silver-coins with
50%Ag,40%Cu,5%Ni,5%zinc, cooper-nickel with 75%Cu,25%Ni)
Since 1980 uner Ashoka- pillar the
saying in Devanagari of the old Mundaka Upanischaden "only the true
win” (Rupees and higher)
On enquiry I can send a copy of every coin.
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