I am really very very happy to introduce my most valuable
Coin album. Here goes the pic of the physical album.
I love and admire each and every coin I have and each have
an interesting story of how it came into my possession. It all started with
admiring the coin collection of my grandfather, especially the Amman Kasu of
Pudukkotai. It was of very small dimension with the Amman on one side and
telegu letters stating 'Vijaya' on the other side. I used to admire the coin
for hours together. As I did not know telegu,when I was small, I used to think
that the coin had secret revelations to a treasure. LOL. :P But got to know the
actual fact later.
My grandfather’s collection in detail below:
This is the oldest coin I have.
1886 Half rupee coin in silver with Victoria Empress on the
other side
1910 One quarter anna with King Edward VII
1898 1/12 anna coin
1921 1/12 anna with King George V
1932 1/12 anna coin
1909 2 Annas coin
1908 ¼ rupee coin
1925 one anna coin with King George V
Here comes my collection of coins. It consists of coins that
have gone out of circulation now and commemorative coins.
Set of 1 Paisa coins
Set of 2 Paisa coins
3 Paisa coin
Set of 5 Paisa coins
5 Paisa coin - Save for development
10 Paisa coin - Rural women's development
10 Paisa coin - Save for development
Set of 10 Paisa coins
Set of 20 Paisa coins
20 Paisa Coin – Gandhi
25 paisa coin – Rhino
25 paisa coin - World food day
50 paisa coin - 1956 very rare
50 Paisa coin - 1985 very rare
50 Paisa coin - Indira Gandhi
50 Paisa coin - Jawaharlal Nehru
50 Paisa coin - National Integration
50 Paisa coin with closed fists
50 Paisa coin with Parliament House
Set of 50 Paisa coins of various years
1 rupee coin - Commonwealth Parliamentary conference
1 rupee coin - Platinum Jubilee of Reserve Bank of India
1 rupee coin - Rajiv Gandhi
1 rupee coin - Small farmers
1 rupee coin - World Food day 16th Oct 1990
1 rupee coin with Thumps up
Big 1 Rupee coin - 1982. Very rare
One rupee with the new rupee symbol
2 rupee coin - Bio diversity World food day
2 rupee coin - Dr.Syama Prasad Mookerjee Centenery
2 rupee coin - Platinum Jubilee of Reserve Bank of India
2 rupee coin - Sant Tukaram
2 rupee coin - Sardar Vallabhai Patel
2 rupee coin - Small family Happy family
2 rupee coin symbolising XIX Commonwealth games
2 rupee coin with Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das
2 rupee coin with fingers pointing two
2 rupee coin with Saint Thiruvalluvar to mark 8th World
Tamil Conference
5 rupee coin - 50 Years ONGC
5 rupee coin - 60 Years of Parliament of India
5 Rupee coin - 150 years of Income tax of India with
Chanakya
This coin was my New year’s gift, I should say. We went for
lunch to Jakob’s Kitchen at Nungambakkam where I got the coin with the change
for the bill. J
Lucky new year. :P
5 rupee coin - 1000 years of Tanjore temple
5 rupee coin - Bhagat singh Birth centenary
5 rupee coin - Dr.Rajendra Prasad 125th Anniversary
5 rupee coin - Lalbahadur shastri Birth centenary
5 rupee coin - Mahatma Basaveshwara
5 Rupee coin - Mother's Health is Child's health
5 rupee coin - Perarignar Anna Birth centenery with
signature
5 rupee coin - Rabindranath Tagore 150th birth anniversary
5 rupee coin - Saint Alphonsa Birth Centenary
This was given to my mom by a Sister at a Trivandrum church.
Wavy 5 Rupee coin
10 rupee coin - Homi bhabha birth centenary
10 rupee coin
These coins were presented to me by my husband when we were
at Goa. We caught sight of a collector’s shop by chance and no big guesses what
happened next. I went inside and turned the store upside down for coins. J
1950 Half anna coin with Bull Very rare
Gwalior one paisa coin
Tipu Sultan and Adil Shah Coin
This hobby that I started playfully has helped me learn a
lot. Whenever I get a commemorative coin I cannot relax till I ‘googled’ a bit
about the person or the event remembered on. It is very refreshing too.
Whenever i feel down, I used to go through this collection of mine and give myself
excellent self appraisal comments. It has been my motivation to learn more and
more and a bit of self satisfaction that I am carrying some knowledge from present
to the future. :)
