2012 - 60 Years of Parliament - UNC Set

In the recent times this is the only time when a coin was put into circulation without an equivalent Silver coin for the same theme being released. 

Much Later the Hyderabad Mint came up with a Single Coin Set

The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil releasing the coins in denominations of Rs.5/- and Rs.10/-, at the function to mark the 60th anniversary of the first sitting of the Parliament of India, in Central Hall of Parliament House, in New Delhi on May 13, 2012. The Vice President and Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari, the Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar and the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh are also seen.

The news is that these coins will only be available in General Circulation and NOT available as Proof Set with Silver Coins. The last time the Mint did something of this sort was in 2002 on the occasion of Dadabai Naoroji commemorative. The coin was released only in general circulation of denomination Rs 5.

However with the current popularity of the Single Coin sets, its likely that Hyderabad Mint may come out with a Single coin set of this very soon.

The coin community was not exactly thrilled to see yet another coin with Parliament theme. There are quite a few coins that have the Parliament as part of the design from the early 1972 Silver Jubilee to the recent 2009 60 years of commonwealth.

The List of coins are;
1972: Independence Jubilee
1991: Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference
1993: 89th Inter-parliamentary Union Conference
2009: 60 Years of Commonwealth


Single Coin of Rs 5
Hyderabad Mint

Single Coin of Rs 10
Hyderabad Mint