150 Rupee Coin Launched By Reserve Bank Of India
India celebrating the Rabindranath Tagore's 150th
birth anniversary. On this celebration Reserve Bank of India launched
the 150 Rupee coin in the memory of Nobel Winner Sir Rabindranath
Tagore. Newly launched 150 Rupee coin is about 40 mm in diameter and
It's weighs is about 35 grams. The coin of 150 Rupee contain
Rabindranath Tagore image on one side and on another side it will
contain the image of Ashok Stambha.
Both Side of Indian 150 Rupee Coin
For the first time in the country’s minting history, government will
issue coins of Rs. 150, marking the number of years of taxation in
India.
The special coins, to be released by Finance Minister Pranab
Mukherjee before his Budget speech, will also be brought out in Rs. 5
denomination on the occasion of completion of 150 years, from 1860 to
2010, of the Income Tax department.
This is the first time that coins of Rs. 150 denomination are being
minted by the government. The Department of Economic Affairs under the
Finance Ministry recently notified the order.
The Rs. 150 coin, made of an alloy of Silver, Copper, Nickel and
Zinc, will have an international design with ‘Satyameva Jayate’ and
‘India’ on the front side while a portrait of ‘Chanakya and lotus with
honeybee’ on the reverse side.
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