100 Rupee Coin: You get to see coins of Rs 1, 2, 5 and 10 in the market but have you ever seen a coin of ₹ 100? If your answer is no, then let us tell you that you will get to see the ₹ 100 coin issued by the Government of India and you will also get to know the interesting story behind it….
100 Rupaye Ka Sikka: The way monuments are built in the memory of a special person. Similarly, the Reserve Bank of India issues many special coins in the memory of great men of the country.
Generally coins of Rs 1, 2, 5 and 10 are seen in the market but have you ever seen a coin of ₹ 100? Here you will get to see the ₹100 coin issued by the Government of India and also get to know the interesting story behind it.
100 rupee coin-
The coins issued in India play a huge role in the country’s economy. Generally coins of 1, 2, 5 and 10 rupees are seen in the market. Let us tell you that the Government of India has issued ₹ 100 coins which were issued by the Modi government in the memory of former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The specialty of the coin is that the year of birth of the former Prime Minister of the country is 1924 and the time of death is 2018 printed at the bottom.
There is also a picture of Vajpayee ji on it. To make the 35 gram coin, 50 percent silver, 40 percent copper, 5 percent nickel and 5 percent zinc have been used. Let us tell you that on the centenary of the birth of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MG Ramachandran, the Government of India had issued a coin of Rs 100. Similarly, such coins have also been issued for many other great men.
These coins have also been issued-
Such unique coins are known as commemorative coins. For the first time, a commemorative coin was issued for the country’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru in the year 1964. The Government of India has so far issued coins of Rs 75, Rs 100, Rs 125, Rs 150, Rs 250 and Rs 1000.
Now you must be thinking that these are not visible in the market then who buys them. Let us tell you that people like to collect such unique coins. You can buy these with the help of the website of Securities Printing and Currency Manufacturing Corporation of India Limited.
