RBI to release Rs 350 coin to mark 350th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh
New Delhi, March 27: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that it will release limited edition Rs 350 coins to mark the 350th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh.
The weight of the coin can vary from 34.65 grams to 35.35 grams and also the limited number of coins will be minted as no exact numbers have been mentioned by the RBI. With a circumference of 44mm, the coin will be made of Quaternary Alloy: 50% silver, 40% copper, 5% nickel, and 5% zinc.
RBI in its notification said that the on the front face of the coin there will be a lion capital of Ashoka Pillar in the centre with the legend Satyamev Jayate inscribed below, on the left corner there will be the word Bharat inscribed in Devnagari script and on the right corner word India in English.
“The year 1666 and 2016 in international numerals shall be flanked on the left and right periphery of the coin," added the notification.
Guru Gobind Singh ji (January 5, 16671 - 21 October, 1708), born "Gobind Rai" at Patna Sahib, Bihar, India, was the tenth and last of the human form Gurus of Sikhism. He became Guru on November 24, 1675 at the age of nine, following the martyrdom of his father, the ninth Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji.
A divine messenger, a warrior, a poet, a philosopher, Guru Gobind Singh molded the Sikh religion into its present shape, with the institution of the Khalsa fraternity, and completion of the sacred scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, in the final form that we find today. Before leaving his mortal body in 1708, Guru Gobind Singh decreed the Guru Granth Sahib as the next and perpetual Guru of the Sikhs.