Saturday, January 22, 2011

First Indian Coin with Rupees 75 denomination

Government of India issued to commemorate the occasion of Platinum Jubilee of the Reserve Bank of India, a set of 5 different Commemorative Coins in different denomination of Re.1, Rs.2, Rs.5, Rs.10 and Rs.75 .


For the first time Commemorative Coins in new denomination of Rs 75 is issued.
The denominations Re.1, Rs.2, Rs.5, Rs.10 will also be released for circulation. Re.1 and Rs.2 coins will be of Ferritic Stainless Steel, Rs.5 coin will be Nickel Brass, Rs.10 will be bimetallic and Rs.75 coin will be a Silver Alloy.


The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh released a set of commemorative coins at the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Reserve Bank of India, in Mumbai on April 01, 2010.The Governor of Maharashtra, Shri K. Sankaranarayanan, the Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Ashok Chavan and the Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Dr. D Subbarao were present on the occasion.

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