Inspiring coins and currency collection from Venkatesh from Hyderabad

2007 – KHADI & VILLAGE INDUSTRIES COMMISION 50 YEARS PROOF COIN

            2007 – KHADI & VILLAGE INDUSTRIES COMMISION 50YEARS

2007 – KHADI & VILLAGE INDUSTRIES COMMISION 50 YEARS
Denomination	Rs 100,Rs 5
Description	Gandhi with Khadi Chakra
Issue Price (Face value)	Rs 1010 /-
Approx. Market Price	Rs 4500/-
Mint	Mumbai
50 Rs	Alloy , 22.5 grams, 39mm, 180 serrations
10 Rs	Copper Nickel , 9 grams, 23 mm  100 serrations

   ü  It is an initiative by Govt for SME, Khadi Village Industries with in India seek plan to promote ,facilitate, organize and assist in the established and development of Khadi and village Industries

  ü  Advantage is this requires a little or no capital to start

  ü  Khadi & Village Industries set up are labor intensive in nature.

  ü  It focus on 3 main objectives 

Social : Providing employment in rural areas .

Economic : Promoting handi craft work sales .

Wider : Building up strong rural and community spirit.

2007 – 150th Birthday Anniversary of Bal Gangadhar Tilak Information

 2007 – 150^th Birthday Anniversary of Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Tilak 2007 Proof set 

2007 – 150th Birthday Anniversary of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Denomination	Rs 100,Rs 10
Description	Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Issue Price (Face value)	Rs 1394 /-
Approx. Market Price	Rs 6500/-
Mint	Mumbai
100 Rs	Alloy , 35 grams, 44mm, 200 serrations (SILVER)
10 Rs	Copper Nickel , 9 grams, 23 mm  100 serrations

      ü  23^rd July 1856 – 1 Aug 1920

      ü  Teacher, Social reformer, freedom fighter

      ü  He is called as “Father of the Indian Unrest “.

      ü  He is named “Lokamanaya “  which means accepted by peoples leader

      ü  His famous quote “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it ” well remembered in India today

ü  He was strong critic of western education system, felling it demeaned the Indian students and disrespected Indian heritage .

Global Famous Stolen Coin Collections in 2014

I am writing a few global famous theft took place in 2014 year and would like to add few more in near future.
Thought these news is an year back but this is for your information .

CANADA ONTARIO COLLECTION THEFT($50,000) :

The Ontario Provincial Police aren't known for their coin collecting acumen, but burglary has been putting on numismatic news .

Sometime around 3: 25 PM noon on May 9,2014 in broad day light some one opened a safe sitting in the garage of home in Township of Admaston Bromley and walked away with the collection Inside.

Some coins were stored in two metallic box- type suit cases were theft worth $50,000. Those includes Olympic coins with 12 trays of 24 coins . The other held coins with various animal and insect emblems. All were Canadian currency. Then there were two large boxes, one yellow and one blue containing silver coins with various large animals pictures depicted on them . The other boxes contain silver coins

The thief might have escaped with all those coins - they must have weighted lot .But even selling coins individually or in small batches ,presents problems. OPP investigators are keeping an eye on websites like Kijiji ,eBay to see whether the coins show up for sale .

Source : Coin Treasure Magazine ,Chennai

Contributed by : N Ganesan

NSW LIBRARY , AUSTRALIA (1$ Million ): 

Staff of NSW state Library have been left distraught after up to 1$ million worth of rare Australian coins were stolen in brazen day light theft. CCTV footage of the heist , which occurred just before 4 PM (AEST) on Wednesday , has been handed to Police , who say it shows a man entering the library on Macquaria Street and approaching the glass display cabinet.

Library staff did not discover the theft until the following morning. The coins were part of rare collection . There were 15 coins on display and 12 were stolen .

The most interesting one in many years is holey dollar ,dating from the time of Governor (Lachlan) Macquarie (Governer 1810-1821) and is an example of Australian first currency . It is hard to imagine something more precious . It really was Australia's first currency. 

We see our job carrying forward for the next generations , so when some one cuts across that , it is upsetting . " Dealers had been alerted to the theft , he said. The coins were in a secure display case, on the upper level of the Mitchell Library building . Mr Byrne said they were in an secure case that was connected to an alarm ,very difficult to open and monitored by CCTC footage.  

Source : Coin Treasure Magazine ,Chennai
Contributed by : N Palaniappan Chieft Editor