How many of you know where our coins are minted? How many of you know the cost of minting each coin ? How many of you know we even have a ₹20 coin, a ₹50 coin, not just that even a ₹100 coin, ₹150 coin, yes also ₹200 coin, ₹500 coin, believe it a ₹1000 coin too.
₹10 Coin minted in 1972 to commemorate "25th Anniversary of Independence"
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₹20 Coin minted in 2014 to commemorate "125th Birth Anniversary - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad"
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₹25 Coin minted in 2012 to commemorate "Silver Jubilee of Shree Vaishno Devi Shrine Board"
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₹50 Coin minted in 2000 to commemorate 50th Anniversary of Supreme Court"
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₹60 Coin minted in 2014 to commemorate "60 Years of Coir Board"
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₹75 Coin minted in 2010 to commemorate "75th Anniversary of RBI"
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₹100 Coin minted in 2003 to commemorate "100th Birth Anniversary of K.Kamaraj"
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₹125 Coin minted in 2015 to commemorate "125th BirthAnniversary of Dr.Radhakrishnan"
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₹150 Coin minted in 2013 to commemorate "150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda"
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₹500 Coin minted in 2015 to commemorate "3rd India-Africa Forum Summit"
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₹1000 Coin minted in 2010 to commemorate "1000 Years of Brihadeeswarar Temple"
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Now you wonder then why we haven't seen anyone of these coins yet, if it really exists. Simple, these are called "Non-Circulating Commemorative Coins", which are not circulated to public unlike other coins of denomination ₹1, ₹2, ₹5 and ₹10.
India has 4 Mints are minting coins and Government of India mints the coin. RBI puts the coins into circulation through currency chests.
List of Coin Mints in India are :
In case if you are a Numismatist or you would like to get such coins or you would like to get updates about such coin sale.
- You can create a account in the Mint you wish (Note : An identity proof is a must during account creation)
- Once you are done with the account creation process, you can purchase the coins which are available for sale by visiting the "Customer Corner" section in the website (Caution: Do not be shocked by the rate of the coin/coin set. Yes, it costs that)
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Process for getting the coin by visiting the mint as in
Below is the recently received ₹2 commemorative coin from Hyderabad Mint :
Outer Cover of the Coin - XIX Commonwealth Games Delhi - 2010
Front side of Coin Folder with design of the commemorative coin event
Back side of Coin Folder with details about the Mint
Page showing the Front side of coin with details of the commemorative coin with metal proportion
Page showing the Back side of coin with dimensions and weight of coin
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