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Russian Commemorative Coins

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Commemorative coins are the coins that are issued to commemorate some particular event, person, place Worlds most commemorative coins came in to being  from the 1950s  however there are many examples examples of commemorative coins that were issued earlier 50s. Those coins have a special look in accordance to the occasion upon which they were released. Most of such coins are available with the veteran collectors only. Many countries are permanently issuing coins of commemorative nature to honor important persons, events, monuments and commemorative coins are also issued to celebrate specific golden and silver jubilee events 3 ruble - silver - Monastery of Raifa - 2005 3 ruble - silver - Kazan train station - 2007 3 ruble - silver - Moscow subway station - 2005 3 ruble - silver - Russakov House of Culture - 2005 3 ruble - silver - St. Nicholas Cathedral - 2005 1 ruble - silver - Armed Forces - 2005 10 ruble - bi-metallic Au/Ag - Dorogobush - 2003 10 ruble - bi-metallic

Rupee One 1947

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  Rupee1 King George VI 1947 year of independence india and pakistan George VI Obverse: Crowned head  Reverse; Indian tiger (chetta) Edge: Security The Rupee was minted at Lahore [ now in the pakistan] Kolkatta [ capital of bengal] and Bombay [ in the sind province]   it is an alloy of silver and Nickel  The Quaternary Silver coins were issued from 1940. In 1947 these were replaced by pure Nickel coins. Indian tiger or sher i hind [ chetta] was introduced upon this big one rupee coin which is one of the last coins issued under the rule of George King VI the coin remembers last days of british rule in india and its historical fall in the year1947 when of india and pakistan emerged as two seperate independent nations   Rupee 1 King George VI KM#559 British India,  1 Rupee Nickel Condition very excellent Stock Available