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IG Mint Mumbai has published the following advertisement for public booking of "150 Years of Kuka Movement" and "150th Birth Anniversary of Madan Mohan Malviya" commemorative coin sets:

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IG Mint Kolkata has published the following advertisement for public booking of Swami Vivekananda, Sant Tukaram, Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Lalbahadur Shastri and 60 Years of IGM Kolkata commemorative coin sets:

There is no proof that the Azad Hind Government ever produced any banknotes. There is a rumor that the Germans printed banknotes for Bose about the same time they printed the stamps, but allegedly they were lost when the ship they were sent in was torpedoed on its way to Japan.

There are no known official Azad Hind Bank banknotes, but at the end of the war, in order to raise funds for Indian National Army veterans and other causes, a number of private commemorative banknotes were prepared bearing the image of Subhas Bose or other Indian patriots. One actually depicted Bose with Adolf Hitler. These banknotes were sold with the profits going to various charities.

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The Union Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram releasing the commemorative coins on 150 years of Kuka Movement, in New Delhi on October 05, 2012.

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The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee released commemorative coins of 150 and 5 Rupees on the Late Shri Motilal Nehru on the special function of his 150th Birth Anniversary in New Delhi.

Commemorative Stamp on Shri Motilal Nehru was also released by the Communications & IT Minister Shri Kapil Sibal during the Function. President Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the first set of coins and postal stamps released at the function.

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Mumbai Mint has announced via newspaper ADs commencement of booking of Brihadeeswarar Temple coin sets containing India's first 1000 Rupees NCLT coin (Non-Circulating Legal Tender) and a 5 Rupees coin from today. More details can be found in the newspaper AD below:

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