1)2009 – HOMI BHABHA BIRTH CENTENARY YEAR
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                                2009 – HOMI BHABHA BIRTH
  CENTENARY YEAR  | |
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Denomination | 
Rs 100,Rs 10 | 
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Description | 
Homi baba  | 
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Issue Price (Face value) | 
Rs 1400 /- | 
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Approx. Market Price | 
Rs 3000/- | 
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Mint  | 
Mumbai | 
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100 Rs  | 
Alloy , 35 grams, 44mm, 200 serrations (SILVER) | 
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10 Rs | 
Nickel brass, 7.71 grams, 27 mm ,100 serrations | 
  ü  Indian Nuclear physist and architect of Indian Atomic energy program
  ü  TIFT, BARC Research institutions started
  ü  Father of Indian Nuclear Program
2) 2009 Saint Alphonsa Birth centenary (1910-2009)
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                     2009   Saint
  Alphonsa  Birth centenary (1910-2009) | |
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Denomination | 
Rs 100,Rs 5 | 
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Description | 
SAINT ALPHONSA BIRTH CENTENARY | 
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Issue Price (Face value) | 
Rs 1400 /- | 
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Approx. Market Price | 
Rs 3000/- | 
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Mint  | 
Mumbai | 
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100 Rs  | 
Alloy , 35 grams, 44mm, 200 serrations (SILVER) | 
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5 Rs | 
Nickel brass, 6 grams, 23 mm ,100 serrations | 
ü 
She is catholic saint lived for 35 years
ü 
Born in 19th Aug 1910 Arpookara
Village of Changansery (Kottayam,Kerala)
ü 
She was declared as servant of God
ü 
Hundreds of miraculous cures are claimed for her
intervention , many of them involving straightening of clubbed feet possibly
because of her deformed feet herself
ü 
Her cures are published in Passion flower magazine.
ü 
Pope Bendict X VI on 12th oct 2008
announced her as saint (canonization ) at St. Peters square.
 3) 2009  “Annadurai” -  Perarignar Anna Centenary (1909-1969) Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai
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                     2009  “Annadurai” -  Perarignar Anna Centenary (1909-1969)
  Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai | |
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Denomination | 
Rs 100,Rs 5 | 
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Description | 
Perarignar Anna | 
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Issue Price (Face value) | 
Rs 2310 /- | 
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Approx. Market Price | 
Rs 4000/- | 
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Mint  | 
Kolkatta | 
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100 Rs  | 
Alloy , 35 grams, 44mm, 200 serrations (SILVER) | 
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5 Rs | 
Nickel brass, 6 grams, 23 mm ,100 serrations | 
ü 
First member of Dravidian Party and non congress
leader to form major Govt of India
ü 
Born in middle class family ,acted movies
,school teacher ,worked as journalist in Madras Presidency
ü 
Various protests against ruling party congress
at centre took him to prison ;  last of
which was during anti Hindi agitation in 1965.
ü 
He renamed madras state to Tamil Nadu
ü 
Given govt benefits like subsidiary in rice etc
which became very popular
ü 
Many institutions /organizations are named 
ü 
Next Ramachandran 1972 named party to ADMK
ü 
His funeral has highest number of attendance
till data earning Guinness record.
4) 2009 - 200th Birth Anniversary of Louis Braille 1809 -2009
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                                2009 - 200th Birth
  Anniversary of Louis Braille 1809 -2009  | |
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Denomination | 
Rs 100,Rs 2 | 
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Description | 
Louis Braille with Braille chars (punch holes for blind on coin) | 
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Issue Price (Face value) | 
Rs 1133 /- | 
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Approx. Market Price | 
Rs 4000/- | 
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Mint  | 
Kolkata | 
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100 Rs  | 
Alloy , 35 grams, 44mm, 200 serrations (SILVER) | 
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2 Rs | 
Nickel brass, 5.6 grams, 27 mm ,100 serrations | 
ü 
Inventor of Braille, a system of read write used
by blind/visually impaired
ü 
At the age of 3 years , one bad day on his dad’s
workshop, working on leather  unit accidentally
hit an eye and later infections spread to second became complete blindness
ü 
Although not given up, he started school and
given new life to blind people by new concept paper punched with copper lines.
ü 
200th Anniversary of his birth
celebrated in every by exhibitions and symposiums about life and his achievements.
5) 2009 60 Years of Common wealth
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                                2009  60 Years of Common wealth | |
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Denomination | 
Rs 100,Rs 5 | 
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Description | 
Parliament building with Flag | 
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Issue Price (Face value) | 
Rs 2310 /- | 
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Approx. Market Price | 
Rs 3500/- | 
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Mint  | 
Mumbai | 
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100 Rs  | 
Alloy , 35 grams, 44mm, 200 serrations (SILVER) | 
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5 Rs | 
Nickel brass, 6 grams, 23 mm ,100 serrations | 
ü 
54 member states joined to promote human rights,
democracy, good governance ,rule of law, individual liberty ,free trade ,world
peace
 






 
