India 2001 50 rupees
This specimen was lot 2824 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA: Republic, AR 50 rupees, 2001, KM-310, 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Dr. Syama P. Mookerjee, some hairlines, rare type, UNC, R." This denomination has been used solely for commemoratives, many of them quite scarce, suggesting that they were never offered for sale to the public. Wikipedia comments,
"Syama Prasad Mookerjee (1901-53) was an Indian politician and academician. Noted for his opposition to [the] Quit India movement, he later served as India's first Minister for Industry and Supply in Nehru's cabinet after breaking up with the Hindu Mahasabha. After falling out with Nehru, Mukherjee resigned from Nehru's cabinet. ...He founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor to the Bharatiya Janata Party, in 1951."
As of July 2025, 50 rupees = US$0.583.
Recorded mintage: unknown plus proofs.
Specification: 30 g, copper-nickel, 39 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-293.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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