2003 - 150 Glorious Years of Railways - Proof Set

This post gives the details of the Proof Set. For UNC Set refer to the Next Post.

The Second in the year 2003, a commemorative Proof set and UNC Set was released to commemorate the 150 Years of Indian Railways. Although it was an excellent occasion to release a coin of Denomination Rs 150/- it did not happen. The Proof set had only the Rs 100 & Rs 5 coins. The mint finally released a coin of Rs 150/- much later in the year 2010 to commemorate Rabindranath Tagore.
The details are;

Indian Railways is the central government-owned railway company of India, which owns and operates most of the country's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India.

Indian Railways has more than 64,215 kilometers of track and 7,083 stations. It has the world's fourth largest railway network after those of the United States, Russia and China. The railways traverse the length and breadth of the country and carry over 30 million passengers and 2.8 million tons of freight daily. It is one of the world's largest commercial or utility employers, with more than 1.6 million employees. As to rolling stock, IR owns over 230,000 (freight) wagons, 60,000 coaches and 9,000 locomotives.

Railways were first introduced to India in 1853 by the then British companies. By 1947, the year of India's independence, there were forty-two rail systems. In 1951 the systems were nationalized as one unit, becoming one of the largest networks in the world. IR operates both long distance and suburban rail systems on a multi-gauge network of broad, metre and narrow gauges. It also owns locomotive and coach production facilities.
The commemorative signifies Bholu, an elephant as the Guard showing the Lantern that was traditionally used as the signalling system untill the advent of electricity.


Special Set Set:
Coins of Rs 100 and Rs 2

Image Credits: Tody Auctions

Proof Set:
Coins of Rs 100 and Rs 2

Proof Set: Re-Strike 2010

Coins of Rs 100 and Rs 2

The Design remained same, except on the outer cover and the Obverse, there R-2010 embossed.

eBay Prices

Price Type	Start Price	End Price	Sold	No of Bids	Date	Last Listing	Times	ID	Remarks
Fixed		6450	Yes		4-May-11			220748893778
Fixed	4401		No	0	20-Sep-11			170698698206	Restrike
Auction	10000		No	0	19-Nov-11	26-Nov-11	2	170727643799 | 170732330142
Fixed	9000		No	0	3-Dec-11	26-Dec-11	4	170736604786 | 170741775063 | 170746493389 | 170750133546
Fixed		4500	Yes	0	18-Dec-11			270876324318	Original
Fixed	9000		No	0	3-Jan-12	11-Mar-12	10	170757799703 | 170753499297 | 170762105166 | 170766172125 | 170768252128 | 170773185499 | 170777120750 | 170781759721 | 170786570271 | 180829093527 | 180833943606
Fixed	8000		No	0	5-Feb-12	18-Feb-12	2	220943685521 | 220952034960
Fixed	7735		No	0	21-Feb-12			260956342587
Fixed	7500		No	0	29-Feb-12			220962076899

UNC Set:
1. Coins of Rs 100 and Rs 2
2. Re-Struck 2010 Coins of Rs 100 and Rs 2

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