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Mumbai Mint launches Ganesh Chaturthi silver souvenir coin
Updated On: 06 September, 2019 11:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Suraj Ojha
The souvenir coin is by the mint engraver has Lord Ganesha in all his majesty with his devotees on the obverse side and the SPMCIL logo with the purity of silver and the year mentioned on the reverse side

The India Government Mint, Mumbai launchedu00c3u0082u00c2u00a0the Ganesh Chaturthi Silver Souvenir Coin 40 gram. Pic courtesy/Suraj Ojha
The India Government Mint, Mumbai (a unit of Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd.) launched the Ganesh Chaturthi Silver Souvenir Coin 40 gram (999 fineness) on September 3, 2019. Ajai Kumar Srivastav, Director Technical (SPMCIL) and S. Pradhan (General Manager) IGM, Mumbai were present during the launch. The souvenir coin is a painstaking and laborious effort by the mint engraver with Lord Ganesha in all his majesty with his devotees on the obverse side and the SPMCIL logo with the purity of silver and the year mentioned on the reverse side. The coin weighs around 40 gms on a 44 mm size blank. The mint has also produced the much-acclaimed Shahi Snaan coin which sold in large numbers at the recently concluded Kumbh Mela.


