India 2006 5 rupees KM-354
This specimen was part of lot 2442 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), which sold for $42. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA: Republic, 2-coin mint set, 2006(k), struck at the Kolkata Mint, commemorating the 50 years of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), including 50 (silver) and 5 rupees, sealed in original booklet with paper sleeve; set of 2 coins." This NCLT was struck for a topic only a government bureaucrat could love. The specification given below is for the version inserted in the mint set; the circulation issue was 6.03 g, stainless steel, but the SCWC does not distinguish between them. The set also contained a fifty rupees (KM 352). As of July 2025, 5 rupees = US$0.058.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9 g, copper-nickel, 22.8 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 354, KM-MS74 (set).
- 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 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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- 2007 100 rupees, First War of Independence of 1857
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