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100 Rupees 60 Years of Commonwealth
| Issuer | Government of India |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Weight | 35 g |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a detailed rendering of the Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House of India) in New Delhi, shown in perspective view with its distinctive circular colonnaded structure and surrounding grounds rendered in fine relief against a mirror-polished background. The commemorative subject is expressed through a bilingual legend encircling the central motif: the upper arc bears '60 YEARS OF THE COMMONWEALTH' in Latin script, while the lower arc carries 'राष्ट्रमंडल के 60 वर्ष' in Devanagari script. The date '2009' appears at the bottom of the border. The overall composition commemorates the 60th anniversary of India's membership in the Commonwealth of Nations. |
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| Mintage | 2009 ♦ - (fr) Mumbai - 2009 M - Proof - |
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India's membership in the Commonwealth has always carried political ambiguity — the republic joined in 1949 only after a novel formula was devised allowing it to recognize the British monarch as head of the association without accepting the Crown's authority over India itself. This "London Declaration" workaround set a precedent that enabled other republics to join, fundamentally reshaping what the Commonwealth became.
The .500 fineness is worth noting: Indian commemorative silver of this period consistently used this lower standard rather than the .925 common elsewhere, a domestic policy that kept silver content modest while maintaining the commemorative category.