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100 Rupees 175th Birth Anniversary of Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata
| Issuer | Government of India |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date) |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari/Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a right-facing bust portrait of Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata, the pioneering Indian industrialist, depicted wearing a traditional Parsi cap (pheta) and with a full beard, rendered in fine medallic relief. The dates '1839 - 2014' are inscribed in the lower field below the portrait. A bilingual commemorative legend encircles the design: in Devanagari script along the upper left periphery reading '१७५वां जन्मदिवस-जमशॆटजी नसरवानजी टाटा' and in Latin script along the lower periphery reading '175TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY - JAMSETJI NUSSERWANJI TATA', separated by decorative star stops. |
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Jamshetji Tata founded the Empress Mills in Nagpur in 1877 and later laid the groundwork for what became Tata Steel at Jamshedpur — projects conceived and largely financed before a rupee of government support materialized. He died in 1904, sixteen years before the steel plant he obsessed over finally opened. The commemorative was issued for the 175th anniversary of his 1839 birth.
The .500 fineness is characteristic of India's commemorative silver program from this period, a cost-containment choice that kept face-value parity workable while maintaining the coin's ceremonial weight.