Comptroller and Auditor General of India coin set booking

Posted by on May 27, 2012 3 comments

Kolkata mint has announced the booking of Comptroller and Auditor General of India 2 coins (Rs 150 & Rs 5) set. The proof set is priced at Rs 4291/- and UNC set is priced Rs 3857/-. The booking will be done between May 28, 2012 until July 28, 2012.

Delivery of the coins will start 8 months after closure of the booking. The mint has also started rebooking for Income Tax – 150 Years of Building India as well.

The mint will also start over the counter sale of Comptroller & Auditor General of India set, Mother Teresa Birth Centenary set and Rabindranath Tagore 150th Birth Anniversary set from May 28, 2012. There will be some premium and bank charges applicable for the counter sale. Also it will be subject to availability.

Details can be found at http://igmkolkata.spmcil.com

1981 Proof Set – International Year of Child – Bombay Mint

Posted by on April 16, 2012 8 comments

The 1981 International Year of the Child proof set was issued by Bombay mint with booking period ranging from February 13th to March 10th, 1984. A Piefort coin set was also issued by the mint. Both sets were single coin and were provided in an acrylic case.

1981 proof set International year of child
1981 Piefort proof set International year of Child

The 100 Rupees coin weights 29.16g in proof set and 58.32g in Piefort proof set. Fake replicas of this set exist in the market, especially from China.

1981 Proof Set – World Food Day – Bombay Mint

Posted by on April 11, 2012 6 comments

The Bombay Mint issued the 1981 proof set with the theme of World Food Day on October 16, 1981. The proof set consists of 4 coins: 100 Rupees (35g), 10 Rupees (25g), 25 Paise (2.5g) and 10 Paise (2.3g). The set was released in an acrylic case with the mint emblem and a brown card board inside. The booking price of the proof set was Rs 300/- and 1728 such sets were sold by the Mint.

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1980 Proof Set – Rural Women’s Advancement – Bombay Mint

Posted by on April 8, 2012 4 comments

The Bombay Mint issued the 1980 Proof set with the theme of Rural Women’s Advancement on January 1, 1981. The booking for the proof set started from February 16th 1981 to March 14th, 1981. The booking price for the 4 coin set was set at Rs 300/- and in all 2571 such sets were sold. Two other proof sets of 2 coins and a single coin of Rupees 100 were also issued with the booking price of Rs 250/- and Rs 200 respectively.

1980 Proof SetThe coins in the 1980 proof set include 100 Rupees (35g), 10 Rupees (25g), 25 Paise (2.5g) and 10 Paise (2.3g).

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1979 Proof Set – Happy Child Nation’s Pride – Bombay Mint

Posted by on April 5, 2012 4 comments

The Bombay Mint issued a 10 coin proof set for 1979 with the theme of Happy Child-Nation’s Pride. The booking price of the proof set was Rs 300/- and in all 3250 such sets were sold. The 10 coins in the 1979 proof set are as follows: 50 Rupees (35g), 10 Rupees (25g), 1 Rupee (8g), 50 Paise (5g), 25 Paise (2.5g), 10 Paise (2.3g), 5 Paise (1.5g), 3 Paise (1.25g), 2 Paise (1g), 1 Paisa (0.75g).

The profit derived from sales of such proof sets were donated to National Children’s Fund.

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1978 Proof Set – Food & Shelter for All – Bombay Mint

Posted by on April 2, 2012 9 comments

The 1978 Proof set was issued by the Bombay mint on August 15th 1978. The booking for the set was started from September 15th to October 15th 1978. The booking price for the 10 coin set was Rs 300/-. In all 1390 such sets were sold by the Mumbai Mint.

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1977 Proof Set – Save For Development – Bombay Mint

Posted by on March 29, 2012 3 comments

On August 15th 1977, the Bombay Mint issued the proof set with the theme of Save For Development. The booking for the set was priced at Rs 300/- and was accepted between 15th September 1977 to 15th October 1977. The set consists of 10 coins. In all 2222 such sets were sold by the Mumbai mint.

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1976 Proof Set – Food & Work for All – Bombay Mint

Posted by on March 26, 2012 2 comments

Bombay mint issued the 1976 proof set with the theme of Food & Work for all on August 15th, 1976. The booking of the set was accepted between September 15th to October 15th 1976.

In all 3209 such 10 coin proof sets were minted. The set contains the following coins: 50 Rupees (35g), 10 Rupees (25g), Rupee (8g), 50 Paise (5g), 25 Paise (2.5g), 10 Paise (2.3g), 5 Paise (1.5g), 3 Paise (1.25g), 2 Paise (1.0g), 1 Paisa (0.75g).

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1975 Proof Set – Equality, Development, Peace – Bombay Mint

Posted by on March 21, 2012 6 comments

The Bombay mint issued the 1975 proof set with the theme of Equality, Development and Peace. The proof set consists of 10 coins and were issued on August 15, 1975. The booking period was August 16 to September 30, 1975. There were 2370 such sets sold through the mint and the booking price was set at Rs 210/-.

The 1975 proof set consists of following 10 coins: 50 Rupees (35g), 10 Rupees (25g), Rupee (10g), 50 Paise (5g), 25 Paise (2.5g), 10 Paise (2.3g), 5 Paise (1.5g), 3 Paise (1.25g), 2 Paise (1.0g), 1 Paisa (0.75g).

1975 Proof SetOn July 25th, 1975 the Government of India passed a bill in Lok Sabha for minting coins upto denominations of Rs 1000. Under the Indian Coinage Act, there was a restriction for minting of coins of denomination higher than Rs 100.

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1974 Proof Set – Planned Families – Food for All – Bombay Mint

Posted by on March 18, 2012 2 comments

Bombay mint issued 1974 proof set consisting of 10 coins on August 15, 1974. In all 9138 sets were sold between August 16, 1974 to 30th September 1974. The booking price for the set was Rs 210/-. The coins in this set have a “B” mint mark under the year.

The coins in the set include 50 Rupees (35g), 10 Rupees (25g), Rupee (10g), 50 Paise (5g), 25 Paise (2.5g), 10 Paise (2.3g), 5 Paise (1.5g), 3 Paise (1.25g), 2 Paise (1.0g), 1 Paisa (0.75g).

1974 proof set 10 coins

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