News and Info - 2018


30-Dec-2018: The fifth and final release ceremony of the Calendar year 2018 saw the Prime Minister release the Commemorative coins on the Occasion of 75 years of TriColour in Andaman's.



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24-Dec-2018: The fourth release ceremony of Calendar year 2018 saw the release of commemorative coins of Rs 200 on Paika Rebellion. Earlier in the day coins of Atal Bhari Vajpayee were also released.

This issue has only Rs 200/- non circulating denomination and there are no circulating denomination; similar to the Vajpayee commemorative of Rs 100 only earlier today. 


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24-Dec-2018: The third release ceremony of Calendar year 2018 saw the release of commemorative coins of Rs 100 on Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This is the 4th Ocassion when coins were released in the year of Death on Prime Minister; earlier being 1964 Jawharlal Nehru, 1985 Indira Gandhi and 1991 Rajeev Gandhi.
This issue has only Rs 100/- non circulating denomination and there are no circulating denomination. This is after 1981 when a commemorative issue did not have a circulating denomination. Although there were few issues like 150 Years of Telecommunications, Gur Ta Gaddi, etc where circulating denominations were not put into general circulations, but they were notified and were available in Mint Sets. It looks like Governmnet is moving away from issuing commemorative coins in circulating denominations, the recent gazette notifications of Shri Guru Gobind Singh, 75 years of Tricolour in Andamans, Paika Rebellion published before Vajpayee release also don’t have circulating denomination. However Vajpayee is the first issue to be released and other are still notifications.



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13-Dec-2018: Looks like December is going to end with release of 2 Coins. The already confirmed 75 Years of Tricolour in Andamans, and a Coin on Birth Anniversary of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 25-Dec. The notification for Paika Rebellion is also out and is likely to be released in early 2019.

Of late it is to be noted that the commemorative coins are only in Non-Circulation Denominations. There are no Circulation denominations notified for last 4 releases now. It is more and more getting confirmed that the Government doesn't want to take more chances in getting into controversy by releasing circulating denominations. This means an ordinary collector who goes through his daily change will not be able to collect the coins. The interest in this field is bound to go down. It would then largely remain a rich man's hobby.
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09-Dec-2018:Kolkata Mint has opened booking for all the remaining 2 sets, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Mahalanobis and rebooking for 4 sets; Srimad Rajchandra, Deendayal, Tatya Tope, Biju.

1. 500th Anniversary of Shri Krishna Chait anya Mahaprabhu's coming to Vrindavan. Proof at Rs 3087 and UNC at Rs 3277.
2. 125th Birth Anniversary of PC Mahalanobis. Proof at Rs 3798 and UNC at Rs 3274
3. 150th Birth Anniversary of Srimad Rajchandra. Proof at Rs 3922 and UNC at Rs 3318.
4. Birth Centenary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. Proof at Rs 3919 and UNC at Rs 3314.
5. 200th Birth Anniversary of Tatya Tope. Proof at Rs 3922 and UNC at Rs 3318.
6. Biju Patniak Birth Centenary. Proof at Rs 3919 and UNC at Rs 3314


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17-Nov-2018: Mumbai Mint has opened new bookings for Shree Jagannath Nabakaebara Yatra, Mysore University and National Archives. The bookings are open this time for a period of 3 months from 17-Nov-2018 to 16-Feb-2019. The Proof is at Rs 3975 and UNC at Rs 3135. The Nabakaebara coins are more expensive at Rs 4295 and 3540 as the silver content is 80%.


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14- Nov-2018: The specifications for the commemorative coin on 75 years of tricolour in Andamans are out. There is a second instance of Rs 75 denomination coin. Surprisingly there are no circulation denominations.
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3-Sept-2018: Mumbai mint has begun dispatch of MS Subbulakshmi and Maharana Pratap coin set
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29-Jul-2018: Fake coins of Rs 1000 of Nabakaebara Yatra are already finding their way into market without even the coins being invited for bookings. The strike is good and the dies are well made. This should be a reminder of the dangers in this hobby. Please be sure what you buy from market. This is also applicable for error coins that are easily make outside the mint.


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29-Jun-2018: Coins of Rs 125 and Rs 5 were released by Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu at the closing ceremony of 125th Birth Anniversary of Prof. P.C. Mahalanobis and the 12th Statistical Day celebration, in Kolkata. More details click here.
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17-Jun-2018: Rs 10 coins of India Africa Sumitt, Mumbai Mint and Dr S Radhakrishnan and Lala Lajpat Rai from Kolkata Mint are in Circulation. There is no RBI press release.
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13-May-2018: A revised e.book on Fake Currencies of India is available in the Download Section.
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26-Mar-2018: With the Gazette notification for the 350th Anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, things are set for the issue of a commemorative coin. The denomination will be Rs 350. This makes it the first coin of Rs 350 to be issued. Strangely the Gazette is silent on circulation denomination. It may still be a circulation coin of Rs 10. Numismatists Sanjay Kansal informs that the release ceremony would be held shortly.
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18-Mar-2018: After a long weight, the coins on Nabakalebar were finally released. President Ramnath Kovind attends the centenary celebrations of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan at Sri Sadasiva Campus in Puri . On the occasion, Kovind unveiled Rs 10 and Rs 1, 000 commemorative coins on Lord Jagannath’s Nabakalebara in presence of his wife Sabitri Kovind, Puri Gajapati Maharaj Dibya Singh Deb, Governor Dr SC Jamir, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Higher Education Minister Ananta Das. 





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10-Mar-2018: A new version of Fake Coins of Republic India is available in the download section.
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06-Mar-2018: New booking form Mumbai mint. Maharana Pratap and Subbulakshmi coins booking open.

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18-Feb-2018: Hyderabad mint has started dispatch of the coin sets.
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17-Feb-2018: Coin Bookings are open again from Kolkata Mint. Bookings open for Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and Shrimad Rajchandra. The Proof is at Rs 2734 and 2735 and UNC at 2372 and 2374. The bookings are open from 16-Feb-2018 to 31-Mar-2018. It seems these days Kolkata Mint is not advertising in Times of India. They may be releasing the Adv in some other papers.


The Kolkata Mint seems to be doing fantastic job on previous bookings, that the dispatch started even before the bookings closed. There are still some outstanding dispatches for the Indo-Africa Summit. It was supposed to be completed quite sometime back by August 2017, there are still some orders that are not fulfilled. Hopefully mint will dispatch these soon.
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28-Jan-2018: The reduction in taxes means that the Counter sale coin sets from Mumbai and Kolkata Mint have reduced the prices. The Kolkata Mint prices are still way high than market rates. Some of the sets listed by Mint are available with dealers for less than 1/4 the price. It is best to avoid buying any coin set from Kolkata Mint. The Mumbai mint prices are more reasonable, barring few initial issues. Coins like Mata Vaishno devi are now available from Counter sale at a price less than original issue price. See the prices on Coin Booking
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27-Jan-2018: A new Excel giving out the list of Commemorative, Definitive, Mint sets is available in Download section.
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5-Jan-2018: New rs 10 note to be put into circulation shortly.

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4-Jan-2018: A revised version of Proof and UNC Set e.book is available. You can visit this link here or visit the download section.
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2-Jan-2018: Wish you all a very happy new year. I would also like to take this time to thank quite a few who have helped maintain up to date information. Without these contributions, it would have been extremely difficult to get relevant information.
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