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India Current and Next Bookings in 2019
Coin Release and Dispatch Schedules
Commemorative
Event
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Release
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Bookings
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Dispatch
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5-Mar-2016
Kolkata
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20-Dec-17 to 5-Feb-18
Re-Book 10-Dec-18 to
11-Mar-19
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1st Week
of Feb 2018
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11-Mar-2016
Mumbai
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17-Nov-18 to 16-Feb-19
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2nd week of Sept 2019
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18-Apr-2016
Kolkata
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20-Dec-17 to 5-Feb-18
Re-Book 10-Dec-18 to
11-Mar-19
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1st Week
of Feb 2018
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25-Nov-2016
Kolkata
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10-Dec-18 to 11-Mar-19
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3rd Week of Feb 2019
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23-Dec-2016
Mumbai
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17-Nov-18 to
16-Feb-19
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2nd Week
of Sept 2019
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28-Jun-2017
Kolkata
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16-Feb-18 to 31-Mar-18
Re-Book 10-Dec-18 to 11-Mar-19
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3rd Week of June 2018
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24-Sep-2017
Kolkata
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16-Feb-18 to
31-Mar-18
Re-Book 10-Dec-18 to
11-Mar-19
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4th week
of July 2018
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18-Mar-2018
Mumbai
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17-Nov-18 to 16-Feb-19
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3rd Week of Feb 2019
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29-Jun-2018
Kolkata
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10-Dec-18 to
11-Mar-19
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3rd week of March
2019
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24-Dec-2018
Mumbai
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04-Jan-19 to 04-Apr-19
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Last week of Nov 2019
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24-Dec-2018
Mumbai
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04-Jan-19 to
04-Apr-19
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Last week of Nov 2019
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30-Dec-2018
Mumbai
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12-Dec-2019 to 15-Jan-2020
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13-Jan-2019
Mumbai
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21-Jan-2020
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1st week of Aug 2020
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17-Jan-2019
Mumbai
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21-Jan-2020
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1st Week of Aug 2020
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13-Apr-2019
Kolkata
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08-Jan-20 to 31-Mar-20
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2nd week of July 2020
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12-Aug-2019
Kolkata
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08-Jan-20 to 31-Mar-20
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2-Oct-2019
Mumbai
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2-Oct-19 to 30-Nov-19
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1st week of Feb 2020
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29-Oct-2019
Kolkata
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08-Jan-20 to 31-Mar-20
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1st week of July 2020
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19-Nov-2019
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08-Jan-20 to 31-Mar-20
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1st week of Sept 2020
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26-Nov-2019
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To Begin
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Possible New Coin Release /
Issues of 2019 & 2020
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Event
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Denomination
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Tentative Date
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| Vijay
Raje Scindia |
Coins of Rs 100
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12-Oct 2019
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| Sri
Satguru Ram Singh Ji |
Coins of Rs 200
and Rs 10
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2019
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| Lucknow University Centenary |
Coibs of Rs 100
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News Section
23-Jan-2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases commemorative coins at a function held in Kolkata on Parakram Divas to mark 125th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
15-Dec-2020: Mumbai Mint has opened the booking of 75th Anniversaries of Food & Agriculture Organization. Booking are Open from 12-Dec-2020 to 30-Jan-2020.
Wooden box pack
Proof Price ₹3940.00
UNC Price ₹3445.00
Blister pack
Proof Price₹3580.00
UNC Price₹3065.00
24-Oct-2020: The honorable minister of State - Finance and Corporate Affairs Shri Anurag Singh Thakur released a commemorative coin marking the 125th death anniversary of yogiraj Sri Shyamacharan Lahiree Mahasaya at a virtual ceremony on Saturday.
16-Oct-2020: Narendra Modi releases Rs 75 coin to mark 75th year of Food and Agriculture Organisation. The design is an old design of the coin released in 1970 and doesn't have the rupees symbol.
14-Oct-2020: Mumbai mint Bookings open from 14-10-2020 to 27-11-2020, for 250th session of Rajya Sabha. Proof at 4390/- and UNC at 3980/- There is also special wooden box, Proof at 5580/- and UNC at 5170/-
12-Oct-2020: PM Narendra Modi releases Rs 100 coin on birth centenary of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia in a virtual session. Governors and Chief Ministers of several states along with family members of Vijaya Raje Scindia also attended the virtual ceremony. Secretary, Ministry of Culture Shri Raghvendra Singh welcomed the Prime Minister and all the dignitaries and coordinated the programme.
19-Sept-2020: Rs 20 definitive coin in circulation
18-Sept-2020: Dispatch of Guru Nanak coins have begun.
1-Aug-2020: Mumbai mint has started the dispatch of 350 Prakash Utsav of Sri Guru Gobind Ji and Dr M G Ramachandran Birth Centenary.
15-Jul-2020: Kolkata mint has started dispatches of Paramhansa Yogananda and Jallianwala Bagh coin sets. There is a delivery fees being charged for some in West Bengal
10-Feb-2020: Dispatch of Mahatma Gandhi coins have begun.
21-Jan-2020:
Mumbai Mint has opened Bookings for
MG Ramachandran Birth Centenary, Proof at Rs 3915 and UNC at Rs 3055
350th Prakash Utsav of Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji, Proof at Rs 2985 and UNC at Rs 2750
The MGR set would also have the circulation denomination of Rs 5 and hence is priced more than the Guru Gobind Ji sets. However Rs 1000 more for proof looks quite unresonable.
20-Jan-2020:
Good new for Delhi residents, Mint has opened a Counter for sale of commemorative coins.
08-Jan-2020:
Happy New year to all the readers.
Kolkata Mint has opened new bookings from 08-Jan-2020 to 31-03-2020 for the following coins
Jallianwala Bagh Proof at 2527 and UNC 2297
Paramahansa Yogananda Proof at Proof 2599 and UNC 2373
Vikram Sarabhai Proof at 2622 and UNC 2396
Bookings extended for Guru Nanak Dev coins till 31-Mar-2020
12-Dec-2019: Mumbai Mint has opened the bookings for 75 years of Tricolour in Andamans. The Proof is at Rs 2830/- and UNC at Rs 2655. The bookings are open from 12-Dec-2019 to 15-Jan-2020.
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28-Nov-2019: Dispatch of Vajpayee and Piaka coins have begun from Mumbai mint. The packaging is different. The coin is air tight coin capsule. The capsule is in a box The top of the box has a nice design.
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26-Nov-2019: Coins on 250th Session of Rajya Sabha were released by President Ram Nath Kovind, in the Central Hall of Parliament. The 70th anniversary of the adoption of the constitution of India was celebrated and a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament was held to mark the occasion.
Rajya Sabha TV has a YouTube link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioYzxg4Pc3Y
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18-Nov-2019: Kolkata Mint has started the booking for 550th Prakash Purab of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The proof is for Rs 2600 and UNC for Rs 2374
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09-Nov-2019: Coins on the ocassion of 550th Prakash Purab of Guru Nanak Dev Ji were released by Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi after paying obeisance at the Gurudwara Ber Sahib, in Sultanpur Lodhi, Punjab
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29-Oct-2019: Coins commemorating the 125th Birth Anniversary of Paramahansa Yogananda were released by Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman at a function in New Delhi. Also present Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs Shri Anurag Thakur, Secretary Ministry of Culture Shri Arun Goel, Swami Vishwananda Giri, Swami Smaranananda Giri and other monks & devotees
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5-Oct-2019: There are quite a few issues lined up for this year although the date for the event has passed, also strange is the notification to have circulation denomination for Satguru Ram Singh coins, maybe Govt will decide to have circulation commemorative coins back.
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2-Oct-2019: Coins on 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi released.
Bookings open by Mumbai mint. For the first time the coins are with 99.9% purity in Silver. There is also a special wooden package apart from routine Blister.
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14-Sep-2019: Dispatch of National Archives and Mysore University has begun.
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12-Aug-2029: Coins on Birth centenary of Vikram's Sarabhai released.
The Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dr. K. Sivan along with other dignitaries releasing the commemorative coin from Department of Atomic Energy, during the inaugural function of birth centenary celebration of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, at Gujarat University Convention & Exhibition Center, in Ahmedabad on August 12, 2019
26-Apr-2019: The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue ₹ 20 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing signature of Shri Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India. The new denomination has motif of Ellora Caves on the reverse, depicting the country's cultural heritage. The base colour of the note is Greenish Yellow. The note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at the obverse and reverse.
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13-Apr-2019: Commemorative coins of Rs 100 on Centenary of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre released
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09-Apr-2019: Commemorative coins of Rs 100 will be released shortly on Centenary of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
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21-Mar-2019: If you follow through the comments, dispatch of PC Mahanoblis began from 3rd week of March 2019.
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16-Mar-2019: Received my Nabkalebar coins
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7-Mar-2019: The New Coins Series was published in the Gazette. There was a release ceremony to release the coins. It is unclear whether there will be booking for this definitive series like in the past and more recently in 2010 when the new series was launched. The Rs 20 denomination coins can soon be reality.
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25-Feb-2019: Received my set of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu from Kolkata mint
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7-Feb-2019: Bookings open for 5 Rupees Rani Gaidinliu and Biju Patnaik at Rs 333 from Hyderabad Mint. Booking Period: Feb 6th to April 5th 2019
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19-Jan-2019: The Dispatch of Nabakaebara coins Sets have begun
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17-Jan-2019: MG Ramachandran coin released.
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13-Jan-2019: In the First Release Ceremony of the Calendar Year, the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi released a commemorative coin to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the Tenth Guru of Sikhs, at a function in New Delhi.
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04-Jan-2019: Happy New Year to all the readers. Thank you for helping me keeping the blog up to date with various comments.
In a bonanza or making it heavier on pockets, the Mumbai Mint has opened bookings for Paika Bidroha and Atal Bahari Vajpayee coins. I couldn't find the Mint Booking Advert, maybe in some other news papers. However the bookings are open on Mint Website.
Booking are Open from 4-Jan-2019 to 4-April-2019. The Atal Bahari Vajpayee Proof is at 2825 and UNC at 2615. The Paika Bidroha Proof is at 2825 and UNC at 2615.
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