Ten Rupee coin released !!!

The most awaited ten rupee coin will be in your hands in a few days. No more taking care of old torn notes.. however it'll increase the weight of ur pockets for sure ;)

The look: The obverse side has the lion capitol with numeral 10 and year of manufacture. On reverse side, a double line cross with a dot in each pellet of cross and denomination written in Hindi and English around.

This design has been prepared by National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad with the theme of Unity in Diversity. The outer side metal is Nickel-Bronze and the inner side metal is Ferrous Steel. The weight of the coin would be 8 grams and the diameter would be 28 mm.

The coins are being minted at mainly Noida and Mumbai mint

Cheers to coin collectors !!

Coins!! "Hobby of Queens"

Coins.. its like a source of fascination, wonderment.
I collect coins as pieces of art, well u might be aware that this art was earlier known as the "Hobby of Kings", i would add “Queens”;)

Coins were made as a media for trade n stuff.. but since everyone used them they were also used to give respect to people or lay importance to certain events, days .. etc.
It is these coins apart from the regular ones which are cool.. they are called commemorative coins. These are the ones we usually see... with diff pics behind.
Then there are rare coins with mint errors.. u can't lay hands on them coz govt. restrains them from coming to market.. but u can get them via ppl u know at mint.
These are of types like.. blank coins, coins with two heads, half prints.. n more.
Coins are a pleasure to look at... to know the history behind them is interesting.
In pic are the 10rs 50rs 100rs coins of pure silver.
To view some common Indian coins go to http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-rep.html

More on and about coins.. coming up!!