Some errors that made these coins very valuable

Some errors that made these coins very valuable

 

In order to commemorate the birth centenary of the freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Kolkata Mint released Two Rupees Commemorative coins in the year 1996 but Netaji's Birth date is 23rd January 1897, which means that Kolkata Mint Commemorated his Birth Centenary on 99th Year, which is totally wrong. In order to correct this mistake Kolkata Mint stopped minting of 1996 commemorative issue and instead started minting the new commemorative issue on Netaji’s Birth Centenary bearing the date 1997. So we get 1997 dated two rupees of Netaji commemoration more easily than 1996 dated. Its worth noting that price of regular 1997 coin is around 30 rupees while the price of rare 1996 coin is around 3000 rupees.

In 2007, the RBI issued a 5 rupees commemorative coin honoring Bal Gangadhar Tilak. However, the lettering on the coin in Hindi mentioned Tilak as Tilakji. Bal Gangadhar Tilak is never referred to as Tilakji. Adding Ji at the end of the name is an Indian practice to show respect to the person (eg Gandhiji). At the inauguration of the coin at Delhi, the error was immediately brought to the notice of the authorities. Except for the low number of coins circulated on that day, no other such coins were circulated. Hence this coin became an error as well as rare coin of Republic of India. The price of regular Tilak coin is around 50 rupees while the price of Tilakji coin is around 3500 rupees.

The cover of the case on which the coin is mounted spells the occasion as Janmashaati' instead of Janmashati' in Hindi. But, more in store on the case that writes the martyr's name as Sagat Singh instead of Bhagat Singh. Still in the present scenario the price hasn't increased much but surely it'll surge in the future.

Happy collecting guys, be sure that you are preserving the history in the present form.

Other good and costly coins of Republic Of India I

2nd Intl Crop Science Congress 5 rupees coin

 

 

This is a coin made rare by the coin sellers by false propaganda. The present price of this coin is about Rs 7000/- per coin, making it the costliest 5 rupee coin in the entire collection.

The following are its details

There are five types of packing:
(1) Red VVIP box
(2) Blue 1996 velvet box with the word Calcutta
(3) Blister packing
(4) Blue 2007 velvet box with the word Kolkata
(5) Loose coins (first strikes) for circulation

There are three different types of coins:
(1) 1996 Original Uncirculated Coins (Shining Finish almost proof like)
(2) 2007 Re-struck  Uncirculated Coins (Shinning Finish)
(3) 1996 first strikes for Circulation (Dull Finish)

The 2nd Intl Crop Science Congress was very well held in New Delhi in November 1996. The rumor about cancellation of the conference was propagated by coin dealers to make their coins rare.

The coins made in 2006/07 were not fakes. They were officially re-struck by the Kolkata mint for one individual. This is a serious case of corruption.

In the Year 1996 the Scheduled 2nd International Crop Science Circles Conference did not happen. The commemorative issues of VIP set was released, few coins of circulation commemorative were also released.

Note:

Although most say the conference was cancelled all of a sudden, there is a publication on the proceedings of the conference. It is left to the individual readers to draw conclusions.

 

The 2nd International Crop Science Congress was conducted in New Delhi, India in 1996 with the theme “Crop productivity and Sustainability – Shaping the Future”. This conference was jointly organized by International Crop Science Society (www.cropscience.org.au), National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (www.naasindia.org) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (www.icar.org.in), New Delhi, India. Proceedings of the 2nd International Crop Science Congress were published in year 1998 (ISBN 81-204-1212-5), which was jointly edited by Dr. V.L Chopra, Dr. R.B. Singh and Dr. Anupam Varma.

1.      The 1st was held in 1992 in Ames, Iowa, US

2.      The 2nd was held from 14th November to 17th November 1996 in New Delhi, India        (http://www.cropscience.org.au/#2)

3.      The 3rd was held from 17th to 22nd August 2000 in Hamburg, Germany

4.      The 4th was held in 2004 in Brisbane, Australia

5.      The 5th was held from 13th April to 18th April 2008 in Jeju, Korea

6.      The 6th was held from 16-Aug-2012 to 10-Aug-2012 in Bento Goncalves, Brazil

This coin is the best example of the cheatings and propaganda’s effect on the history and coin collection of the common people, pl remember that a coin without history is just a piece of metal and a coin with history is an antique and worth collecting.