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resorted to procuring Indian coins from foreign mints
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with the bringing of all the domestic mints and security

18) Honouring
printing presses, under the umbrella of SPMCIL (Security Mahatma Gandhi
and remembering
Printing and Minting Corporation of India, Ltd.), better the martyrs of
co-ordination at the macro-level has led to self- Cellular Jail , Port
Blair , Andaman &
sufficiency in this direction and no further coin Nicobar islands
Honouring Mahatma Gandhi and
procurement has taken place since the year 2000. remembering the martyrs of
Cellular Jail , Port Blair ,
Andaman & Nicobar islands ...
The ten foreign mints, from where coins were procured
Did you know
and the years when the supplies were made, are as series (5): 1000
follows: rupee notes;
Classification and
Name Denomination Year valuation by the
period when they
1) Royal Mint, London One Rupee 1985 were printed and their issue
numbers .
(U.K.) Did you know series (5)
Classification and valuation of
1000 rupee notes by the period
2) Heaton Press mint, One Rupee 1985 when they were printed and their
Birmingham, (U.K.) issue numbe...

Did you know

3) Royal Canadian Mint, series (6): 500
rupee notes
(Ottawa, Canada) 50 paise 1988 ;Classification and
valuation by the
25 paise 1985,1988 period when they
were minted and their issue
10 paise 1988 numbers
Did you know series (6):
4) Mexico City Mint One Rupee 1997 Classification and valuation of
500 rupee notes by the period
(Oeschger Masdach & Co.) when they were minted and their
issue numbers...

Did you Know Series (7): 100

5) Seoul mint,South Korea 2 Rupees 1997, 1998 Rupee Notes ;
Classification and
Valuation
6)Teugu mint,South Korea 50 Paise 1985 Did you Know
Series (7): 100
Rupee Notes ;
7) Kremnca Mint One Rupee 1998-2001 Classification and
Valuation/Historical Reference:
(Slovakia Republic) 1) The first hundred rupee
notes...

8) Pretoria Mint Two Rupees 1998 Did you know

series (2) What is
(South Africa Mint Co.) the design or
focus of the picture
on the back of the
9) Tower mint (U.K.) Two Rupees 1999 currency notes in
circulation in India?
(Dominican Republic) Did you know series (2) : What is
10) Moscow mint 2 Rupees 2000 the design or focus of the picture
on the back of the currency
(Russia) 5 Rupees 1999, 2000 notes...

DID YOU KNOW

Specimens of the coins made by these mints , together SERIES (10); TEN
RUPEE NOTES;
with their mint marks, and my nicknames for these mint CLASSIFICATION
AND VALUATION.
marks , are quite easy to remember, once , newbie DID YOU KNOW
numismatists , get over the excitement of actually SERIES (10); TEN RUPEE
NOTES; CLASSIFICATION AND
holding foreign minted Indian coins in their VALUATION. 6) TEN RUPEE
NOTES: CLASSIFICATION AND
wallets/albums . VALUATION. ...

DID YOU KNOW

I have collected quite a few samples of all these coins SERIES (9) ; FIFTY
over six months, except for the coin minted in Pretoria RUPEE NOTES ;
CLASSIFICATION
mint, for which I had a really long wait, before, I could AND VALUATION.
DID YOU KNOW
lay my hands on a single specimen. SERIES (9) : FIFTY RUPEE
NOTES : CLASSIFICATION AND
VALUATION. Historical reference:
Details of the mints and their marks are elaborated 1) The first 50 rupee notes...

below: Did you know

series? (1)
Assists for
1) The Royal Mint London, has a dot (diamond) mint identification of
mark, below the first numeral of the year of issue. currency notes by
visually
In our specimen, the dot is below the numeral “1”. challenged users
Means for identification of
currency notes, higher than Rs.10
denomination, for the visually
challe...

10) The travels of

a Mexican silver
peso 1898 ;
restruck in 1949
10) Un Peso (one
peso) ,silver ,
1898-1908, restruck in 1949 for
the Chinese Nationalist
Government: ...

Did you know

series(8) ; Twenty
(20) Rupee Notes
; Classification
and valuation.
DID YOU KNOW
SERIES (8) ; TWENTY RUPEE
NOTES ; CLASSIFICATION AND
VALUATION: TWENTY RUPEE
NOTES : CLASSIFICATION AND
Reverse of a 1985 one-rupee coin , minted by Royal VALUA...

mint, London, exhibiting the diamond mint mark , below

the numeral "1". About Me

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 I am Rajeev
Prasad, a retired
State Bank of India
officer who had
been collecting
coins in a shoe box without having a
serious interest. Only after quitting
my job I got the time to take serious
interest in developing my coin
collection into a hobby. A pity,
because I would have had more
opportunity to lay my hands on more
'exclusive coins' while in the Bank.
Anyway, as they say,better late than
The diamond mint mark in focus. never. If you have any coins which
you think should find a mention on
my blog, find a way to get their
scanned images/photos across to
2) The Heaton Press mint, Birmingham (U.K.) , has me. I'll put them up on the blog and
acknowledge your contribution. If you
a decorated/ornamental “H” below the last have any views to share with me
numeral of the year of issue 1985, i.e. below the regarding this blog , please contact
me on my email
numeral “5” in 1985. rajeevprasad1208@gmail.com. I
also have a twitter account
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opportunity to participate in a
Documentary on the life and times of
the 25 paise coin titled “Chal Basi
Chavanni” (The four anna/twenty five
paise coin passes away), aired by
STAR NEWS on 29th and 30th June
2011. The programme helped in
making a lot of persons hold back
onto their “chavannis”, the little
round beauties, instead of returning
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No elaboration required here again.

However, it is worthwhile to note, that, these coins are

virtually out of circulation, so, if one comes across any of
these, they are worth keeping in one's collection, as are
the coins from the two U.K. mints mentioned above.
The Seoul mint (South Korea), has a ”five-pointed
star” under the date of the coin, directly below the last
numeral of the year of issue i.e. under the numeral
“7” and “8” in our two specimens given here.
These two 2-rupee coins were supplied by Seoul, South
Korea, in 1997 and 1998.

The Taegu Mint (South Korea), , has a “five-sided

star” , but this mint mark is placed below the first
numeral of the year of issue. In our specimen, the
mint mark star is given below the numeral “1”. This 50
paise coin has one of the most beautiful floral designs of
Independent India issues.

Also,in a lighter vein, if you see in the floral pattern,

there are dots, diamonds, and no marks, apart from the
five pointed star , below the first numeral of the year
1985 ,which is the Taegu mint mark. It is only my
observation, that this coin exhibits all the mint marks of
Indian mints as well – the five-pointed star (Hyderabad
mint), no mark (Kolkatta mint), Diamond (Mumbai mint)
and dot (Noida mint), but then it is only my opinion,
not to be taken seriously by numismatists or
researchers.

Now for the coins to which I have given the nicknames,

“smiley”, “elephant” ,” Mars Land Rover” “OM” (the Yoga
chant), and “the saddle” which makes it easier to identify
these mints.

First , we have the Mexico City Mint (I have given the

story of a Mexican silver peso minted at Mexico city mint
elsewhere on my blog). This mint is managed by
Oescheger Masdach & Co., therefore, it carries the
“OM” mint mark below the year of issue. Although
this is not the yogic chant which I have mentioned, for
the sake of convenience, one can easily identify this mint
mark , by my given nickname, as the “OM” chant mint
mark coin. The specimen given here is a one rupee 1997
issue from this mint, the only year when this mint
supplied these coins to India.

Notice the "OM" mint mark below the year 1997?

Second, we have the Kremca mint (Slovakian
Republic), which minted one rupee coins for India from
1998 to 2001. It has the mint mark “MK given in a
Circle”, below the year of issue. The first look at this
mint mark looks like a “smiley” , which is my nickname
for this mint mark. I have given specimens of all four
years of issue i.e. 1998,1999,2000 and 2001 from my
collection, below:
 Next, we have the Pretoria Mint (South Africa Mint
Co. Pvt. Ltd.), which has a “M” as the mint mark under
the year of issue i.e. 1998, when this mint supplied two
rupee coins for India. The mint mark is rather elaborate
and looks like the side-view of the “ Mars Land Rover” .
The image of the only specimen in my collection is given
below.
The "M" below the 1998 looks like the sideview of the
Mars "Land-Rover" does'nt it?

The next mint is the Tower Mint, U.K. (Dominican

Republic) which has the mint mark “U” under the year
of issue. This mint minted two rupee coins in 1998. The
“U” mint mark looks like a saddle and my nickname for a
quick identification of this mark is the “saddle”. A
specimen from my collection is given, hereunder:
What does this mint mark look like to you ?

The last mint which made coins for India was the
Moscow mint (Russia). It has the mint mark “MMD”
made below the year of issue. This mint supplied two-
rupee coins in 2000 and five rupee coins in 1999 and
2000. Its mint mark looks like an “elephant”, which is my
nickname for mint mark on these coins.

Two rupee coins supplied in 2000 with the "MMD" mint

mark.
Five rupee coins with the Moscow mint mark supplied in
1999 and 2000.

Some of these coins are still available and are in

circulation. If you are a keen numismatist and do not
have these coins, then it is worth-while keeping these
coins in your collection.

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7 comments:

Anonymous 22 September 2013 20:50

u said that kremca mint of slovakia has minted 1 rupee coin for the year
1998,1999,2000 but i have coin of 2001

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coins and more 22 September 2013 23:19

You are right. Even I have got a 2001 coin in my collection and have been wanting to
correct this position for the past several months. However, as I got involved with other
posts, somehow this slipped my mind. Thanks for reminding me. Will correct the detail
now.

Reply

Venkatagiri Kulkarni 14 October 2013 22:33

I have 1 rs Kremnica Mint coin . Is it RARE coin ?
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coins and more 15 October 2013 04:24

The one rupee coins minted in the Kremnca mint in 2001 were the last coins minted
by any Foreign mint for the Indian Government/Reserve Bank of India, as India mints
have now achieved self-sufficiency in minting the domestic requirement of coin
denominations. To that extent, these are the last coins issued by any Foreign mint for
India. With the passage of time, coins minted by Foreign mints for India in circulation
would become very difficult to acquire and newbie numismatists would only be able to
see them in numismatic collections or Coin museums. As such the coin in your
collection is definitely a good keepsake.
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Arvind Parthasarathy 15 December 2013 03:56

i have a 2 rupee coin which was minted in moscow. what makes my coin rare is that it
is in mint condition.(unused condition)

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Anonymous 1 February 2014 06:53

i have a 1985 25 paise c incused coin is it rare

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coins and more 1 February 2014 09:34

Yes. It is not easy to find this coin now, especially as it has been taken out of
circulation.
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