New Commemorative Issue: 2009: C.N.Annadurai

[kansal888]

I hear that mints are going to commence booking of Unc & Proof coins of Anna shortly. However, I am not aware of exact dates. Alongwith Anna, two others are also in pipeline -60 years of Commonwealth & Homi Bhabha.
Sanjay Kansal

[kansal888]

Sorry Aditya

Annadurai is not the first tri-lingual coin of India  . This honour goes to Gur Ta Gaddi, where apart from English & Hindi, Gurumukhi is also used.

Regards
Sanjay Kansal

[Bimat]

Annadurai is not the first tri-lingual coin of India  . This honour goes to Gur Ta Gaddi, where apart from English & Hindi, Gurumukhi is also used.

Ohhh yes,I forgot that.Thanks for the information!

Aditya

[Kid Romeo]

A new commemorative coin on occasion of Perarignar Anna's Birth Centenary will be released by RBI soon. It's gonna be Ni-Br 5 Rupees will be circulating commemorative.

[asm]

I believe that this should go with
http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,3940.0.html

Amit

[Kid Romeo]

IDK...Perarignar Anna and Annadurai same person??

I thought they are two different person. 

[asm]

Perarignar is most likely a title. Anna is short for Annadurai.

Please check back the source of the article and may be you will find it somewhere. To countercheck, I checked Wiki. No infor on any 'Perarignar Anna'

Another point to note is what I had posted in the other topic earlier " Union Finance Minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee released a commemorative coin of Rs 5/- denomination to mark the  Centenary celebrations of Shri  C N Annadurai, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at a Function in Chennai on 15 Sep 2009. A set was presented to Sh M Karunanidhi."
This seems to be a picture of the same function.

Amit

[Bimat]

I have merged both the topics.

Some technical details of the coin:
Diameter-23mm
Weight-6Grams
No.of serrations-100
Composition-Nickel Brass (Copper-75%,Zinc-20% and Nickel-5%)
Issued By-Kolkata mint

Also,it is the first coin of republic India,which shows the signature of person.(Annadurai)

Aditya

PS : Welcome Back,KR!

[MS]

Perarignar is most likely a title. Anna is short for Annadurai.
Amit

Amit,

Right on both counts
Perarignar is like a title. It means "great genius" in Tamil. Annadurai was fondly called Anna by the masses. Anna means elder brother.
Even Karundanidhi has a title "Kalaignar". In Tamil Nadu a lot of people simply call him Kalaignar meaning "Scholar" or Dr Kalaignar 

MS

[Kid Romeo]

PS : Welcome Back,KR!

Thanks Aditya 

[Kid Romeo]

Perarignar is most likely a title. Anna is short for Annadurai.

Real bummer. Hope of another commemorative went into dumps.

Anyway I would not say that it never came to my mind before posting that both Annadurai and Perarignar Anna might be the same person and I even checked wiki before posting but alas there were no info anywhere relating the two titles.

Here is an RBI press release of 18th Jan.
http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=21947

[MS]

Its now available on eBay at 7 times its face value. In a few weeks we should be able to pick it up for a small premium or face value locally.

[MS]

I am attaching scans of the coin before the links disappear. It looks like a Bombay mint mark. Will be interesting to see if the coin is issued by other mints.

[Kid Romeo]

Its now available on eBay at 7 times its face value. In a few weeks we should be able to pick it up for a small premium or face value locally.

You mean 70 times right + shipping 10 times FV

I saw a similar ebay auction of the coin about a week ago.

[Kid Romeo]

Oops noticed its a 10 coin lot. Saw a single coin auction of the Anndurai coin for three digit figure a week ago.