This Post gives the details of VIP & Proof Set. For UNC Set, refer to the Next Post.
In the Year 2002 a commemorative Proof Set and UNC Set was issued with the theme Sant Tukaram. There was no occasion for the release, with the NDA's rule in the Center, it was more of Maharashtra's Shiv Sena wanting their leaders to be commemorated.
The details of the Coins are;
Sant Tukaram (1608–1650) was a prominent Varkari Sant and spiritual poet during a Bhakti movement in India.
Sant Tukaram was born and lived most of his life in Dehu, a town close to Pune city. Through a tradition in India in bygone days, Tukaram's family name is rarely used in identifying him. His real name is Tukaram Vhilhoba Aambe. Rather, in accord with another tradition in India of assigning the epithet "sant" to persons regarded as thoroughly saintly, and is more popularly know as Sant Tukaram
Scholars assign various birth years to Sant Tukaram: 1577, 1598, 1608and 1609 CE. The year of Sant Tukaram's death —1650 CE— is much more certain.
Sant Tukaram was a devotee of god Vitthala or Vithoba, a form of God Krishna.
Sant Tukaram is considered as the climactic point of the Bhagabata Hindu tradition, which is thought to have begun in Maharashtra with Namdev. Dnyaneshwar, Namdev, Janabai, Eknath, and Tukaram are revered especially in the Varkari sect in Maharashtra. Whatever information about the lives of the above saints of Maharashtra comes mostly from the works Bhakti-Wijay and Bhakti-Leelāmrut of Mahipati. Mahipati was born 65 years after the death of Tukaram
VIP Set:
Coins of Rs 100, Rs 50, Rs 10 and Rs 2
VIP Set:
Coins of Rs 100, Rs 50, Rs 10 and Rs 2
Image Credits: Classical Numismatic Gallery
Proof Set:
Coins of Rs 100, Rs 50, Rs 10 and Rs 2
Proof Set - Re-strike:
Coins of Rs 100, Rs 50, Rs 10 and Rs 2
There is no difference in the packaging or of the coins from First Strike and Re Strike.
UNC Set:
Coins of Rs 100, Rs 50 and Rs 10
Refer to the Next Post
In the Year 2002 a commemorative Proof Set and UNC Set was issued with the theme Sant Tukaram. There was no occasion for the release, with the NDA's rule in the Center, it was more of Maharashtra's Shiv Sena wanting their leaders to be commemorated.
The details of the Coins are;
Sant Tukaram (1608–1650) was a prominent Varkari Sant and spiritual poet during a Bhakti movement in India.
Sant Tukaram was born and lived most of his life in Dehu, a town close to Pune city. Through a tradition in India in bygone days, Tukaram's family name is rarely used in identifying him. His real name is Tukaram Vhilhoba Aambe. Rather, in accord with another tradition in India of assigning the epithet "sant" to persons regarded as thoroughly saintly, and is more popularly know as Sant Tukaram
Scholars assign various birth years to Sant Tukaram: 1577, 1598, 1608and 1609 CE. The year of Sant Tukaram's death —1650 CE— is much more certain.
Sant Tukaram was a devotee of god Vitthala or Vithoba, a form of God Krishna.
Sant Tukaram is considered as the climactic point of the Bhagabata Hindu tradition, which is thought to have begun in Maharashtra with Namdev. Dnyaneshwar, Namdev, Janabai, Eknath, and Tukaram are revered especially in the Varkari sect in Maharashtra. Whatever information about the lives of the above saints of Maharashtra comes mostly from the works Bhakti-Wijay and Bhakti-Leelāmrut of Mahipati. Mahipati was born 65 years after the death of Tukaram
VIP Set:
Coins of Rs 100, Rs 50, Rs 10 and Rs 2
VIP Set:
Coins of Rs 100, Rs 50, Rs 10 and Rs 2
Image Credits: Classical Numismatic Gallery
Proof Set:
Coins of Rs 100, Rs 50, Rs 10 and Rs 2
Proof Set - Re-strike:
Coins of Rs 100, Rs 50, Rs 10 and Rs 2
There is no difference in the packaging or of the coins from First Strike and Re Strike.
UNC Set:
Coins of Rs 100, Rs 50 and Rs 10
Refer to the Next Post
Is it really worth buying from the mint @ Rs 10,000 for a restrike.
ReplyDeleteIf the question is should the mint be charging this high? Then "No" mint should not try to fleece the collectors ... but "Yes" if dealers can make profit, why should the mint be left out ... after all its now a Limited company for profit.
ReplyDeleteIf the question is would it make a sound investment ... well it depends no one knows where the market is headed to ... after a price rise from 2009 to 2011/12, its falling down ...
Should a collector buy this set [if he can afford] "YES" there is really no option for a collectors who has to keep pace with the mint or be left out ...
Some collectors feel this is a good's send opportunity, the original one is in excess of 50 to 75,000 and a restrike even at 10K is a real steel :)
Thanks for the answers. I have placed order for all the coin sets available from Kolkata mint at the moment.
ReplyDeleteOnly issue with restrikes is that, they will carry the tag "restrike" in the coin set.
Dear Shivaprakash KB
ReplyDeleteI just received the PROOF SET today 15/03/2014,it does not mention anywhere that it is a "restrike",hence the value remains :):)
Yes a very strange story on the re-strikes ... http://coinsofrepublicindia.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-story-of-re-strikes-and-re-mint.html
ReplyDeletehello everyone, i want to buy a proof set, how should i do that.. i mean links or forms or procedure.. thanks in advance
ReplyDeleteI have collection of old coins and want to sell.
ReplyDeletePlease let me know how to sell.