Thursday, December 16, 2010

Rare and Scarce coins of Republic India , my collection with Snaps

10 Paise SS 1998 C Mint
10 Paise Small Aluminium 1990 B Mint

50 Paise Cu-Ni 1982 National Integration Culcutta Mint
10 Rupee Silver, 25th Anniversary of Independence 1972 C Mint
25 Paise Cu-Ni 1989 C Mint
25 Paise Cu-Ni 1980 C Mint
25 Paise Cu-Ni, World Food Day 1981 C Mint
1 Rupee 1950 B mint
This design of one rupee was minted only in 1950 and1954, and that too only in the Bombay mint. After that one rupee coin came out only in 1962.
1 Rupee 2006 B mint
10 Rupee 2005 N mint
5 Rupee 2004 C mint
2 Rupee 2004 C mint
10 Paise Aluminum 1993 C mint
50 Paise 1993 C Mint
50 Paise 1983 C Mint Cu-Nickel
2004 Cross design B mint
There was a massive public outcry against these Christian Cross Coins then UPA Government quietly withdrew these coins from circulation. This design started minting in the year 2005 and 2006 for circulation, the one released with date 2004 was limited for a packet or so into public.
25 Paise 1982 C mint
1 Rupee 1970 B mint
1 Rupee 1962 C Mint
10 Rupee 1969 Silver B Mint
5 Rupee 2004 H mint
2 Rupee 2004 H mint
(Majority of the above 2 rupee coins of 2004 were melted back into the base metal because of the higher metal base values. This makes the 2004 2 rupee coin a rare one)
1 Rupee mudra Design 2007 H mint
1 Rupee 1954 B Mint
This design of one rupee was minted only in 1950 and1954, and that too only in the Bombay mint. After that one rupee coin came out only in 1962.
5 Rupee Nick-Brass - 2009 Noida Mint
1 Rupee 1986 Hyderabad Mint

5 rupee: Tilakji (error coin) - 2007
Subhash Chandra Bose Netaji error Coin Year 1996

5 rupees Cross symbol 2007:
This is a controversial coin that was banned by the government of India following the controversy surrounding coins of 1 rupee and 2 rupee coins with similar symbols on them.


10 rupee: 25 years of independence 1972: B Mint
This coin was released on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of India's independence.

5 rupee 2nd International crop science congress:C Mint
The 5 rupee coin of the international crop science congress. This international conference was to be held in 1996 and a large quantity of these commemorative coins were to be minted, but for some reason the conference got canceled and never happened. So the mintage of these coins was halted in between. As a result, only 11,000 such coins were minted.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

5 Rupee Collection

XIX Commonwealth games 2011
5 Rupee new Rupee Symbol Design 2011 release
5 rupee: Tilakji (error coin) - 2007
5 Rupees of 2010 - 1000 Years of Brihadeeswarar Temple (Thanjavur)
NKL-BRS version
5 Rupees NKL-BRS 2010 C.SUBRAMANIAM BIRTH CENTENARY 1910-2010


Birth Centennary of Lal Bahadur Shastri - (2004)
Cu-Nickel version, Culcutta Mint


Mahatma Basaveshwara - (2005)
Cu-Nickel version

150 YEARS THE FIRST WAR OF INDEPENDENCE- 2007
Stainless Steel

50 YEARS KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES COMMISSION -2007
Stainless Steel

150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF LOKMANYA BAL GANGADHAR TILAK -2007
Cu-Nickel Version

Rabindranath Tagore 150th Birth Anniversary 1861-2011 (2011)
[Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941)was a Bengali poet, novelist, musician, painter and playwright who reshaped Bengali literature and music. As author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse",he was the first non-European who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.]

Dr. Rajendra Prasad 125th Birth Anniversary 1884-2009(2009)
[Dr. Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) is considered to be one of the architects of the Indian Republic, having drafted its first constitution and serving as the first president of free India.]

Mother Teresa Centenary e 5 Rupee coin - (2010)
[Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was a Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship,who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.]
RBI platinum jubilee 5 Rupee coin - (2010)
[The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the central banking system of India and controls the monetary policy of the rupee as well as US$300.21 billion (2010) of currency reserves. The institution was established on 1 April 1935 during the British Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and plays an important part in the development strategy of the government. It is a member bank of the Asian Clearing Union.]
5 Rupee Cross Design Banned design - (2007), this is a rare coin now
2nd International Crop Science congress(Function cancelled) - (1996).

Copper - Nickel -(1992-2004)
Country India - Republic
Year 1992-2004
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Copper-nickel
Weight 9 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round
Nickel-Brass Normal - (2009-2010)
Country India - Republic
Year 2009-2010
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Nickel-brass
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment
5 Rupee Normal Design 1992-2004

200th Anniversary of the State Bank of India - (2006)
[State Bank of India (SBI) is the largest state-owned banking and financial services company in India. The bank traces its ancestry to British India, through the Imperial Bank of India, to the founding in 1806 of the Bank of Calcutta, making it the oldest commercial bank in the Indian Subcontinent. Bank of Madras merged into the other two presidency banks, Bank of Calcutta and Bank of Bombay to form Imperial Bank of India, which in turn became State Bank of India.]
Country India - Republic
Year 2006
Value 5 rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal SS
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round
50th Anniversary of the ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) - (2006)
[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is a state-owned oil and gas company in India. It is a Fortune Global 500 company ranked 413,and contributes 77% of India's crude oil production and 81% of India's natural gas production. It is the second highest profit making corporation in India. It was set up as a commission on 14 August 1956. Indian government holds 74.14% equity stake in this company.]
Country India - Republic
Year 2006
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal SS
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round
75th Anniversary Dandi March - (2005)
Country India - Republic
Year 2005
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal SS
Weight 8.85 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round
Mahatma Basaveshwara - (2005)
Country India - Republic
Year 2005
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal SS
Weight 8.85 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round
Birth Centennary of Lal Bahadur Shastri - (2004)
Country India - Republic
Year 2004
Value 5 Rupees
5.00 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal SS
Weight 9 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round
8th World Tamil Conference - (1995)
Country India - Republic
Year 1995
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Copper-nickel
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round
2600th Anniversary of Birth of Bhagwan Mahavir Janm Kalyanak - (2001)
Country India - Republic
Year 2001
Value 5 Rupees
5.00 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Copper-nickel
Weight 9.07 g
Diameter 23.19 mm
Shape Round

50 Years - United Nations - (1995)
Country India - Republic
Year 1995
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Copper-nickel
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round
Mother's Health is Child's Health - (1996)
Country India - Republic
Year 1996
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Copper-nickel
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round
50 Years of FAO - (1995)
Country India - Republic
Year 1995
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Copper-nickel
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round
World of Work - 75 Years of ILO - (1994)
Country India - Republic
Year 1994
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Copper-nickel
Diameter 23.5 mm
Shape Round
5 ruppe Wave - (2007-2008)
Country India - Republic
Year 2007-2008
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Stainless Steel
Weight 6.0300 g
Diameter 22.88 mm
Shape Round
Jagath Guru Sree Narayana Gurudev - (2006)
Country India - Republic
Year 2006
Value 5 rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal SS
Diameter 23.5 mm
Shape Round
K. Kamaraj - (2003)
Country India - Republic
Year 2003
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Copper-nickel
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round
60 Years of Commonwealth -(2009)
Country India - Republic
Year 2009
Value 5 rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Nickel-brass
Shape Round

Saint Alphonsa - (2009)
Country India - Republic
Year 2009
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Nickel-brass
Weight 6.00 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round
60th Anniversary of Perarignar Anna Durai - (2009)
Country India - Republic
Year 2009
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Nickel-brass
Shape Round
100 Years of Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru - (1989)
Country India - Republic
Year 1989
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Copper-nickel
Shape Round
Death of Indira Gandhi - statesperson, 1917-1984 -(1985)
Country India - Republic
Year 1985
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Copper-nickel
Shape Round
Dadabhai Naroji - (2003)
Country India - Republic
Year 2003
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = 0.11 USD
Metal Copper-nickel
Weight 8.92 g
Diameter 23.1 mm
Shape Round