COIN-NANAYAM Dear friends,
Yesterday in aresponse from Mr V Sridharan, Trichy there was reference to coin. For a Longerperiod I was thinking on writing about coins. In the telecomdepartment, a procedure called COINING is there in the engineering side. Lower level staff report to higher level anddiscuss things in the morning. I searched a lot in Google, how the word coiningcame, I could not find out. In Malayalam thereis a usage- Nanayamillathamanushyan-A person who is not having integrity. It is a practice inmost famous temples in Kerala to give coin to devotee on auspicious days likeVishu or Malayalam New Year day. Devotees keep it sacred. During housewarming etc., the sasthrikal keep a few coins in the homam, and take it onfinishing and give to Kartha with instructions to keep safely forauspiciousness of home. About three yearsback I had been to Pudukkottai in Tamilnadu. Every occasion the king used tooffer arakkasuto deity Brahadampal in the temple before starting any new work. So she is alsocalled Arakasamman. I could get an arakkasu from there which is auspicious bypaying Rupees 50-00 from the temple vault on receipt. It is a very small coppercoin. King’s palace is the Pudukkottai collectorate now. I was junior engineerthere during 1979’s. At that time it was occupied by the king’s family members. Gold coins areavailable from jewellery shops with varying weight as we require. A few yearsalong all leading banks used to sell gold coins in India. It was sold on themarket date of the day. Most keep at least two or three gold coins at home andkeep for Vishukkani. With thisintroduction I start my write up on coins today. Sincerely, Gopala Krishnan30-8-21. 1 Definition of coins A coin is a small,flat, (usually, depending on the country or value) round piece of metal orplastic used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. ... Coins areusually metal or an alloy, or sometimes made of manmade materials. 2 Verb- Coin The verb coin literallyrefers to making coins, the change you probably have in your pocket. The wordcan be used in a broader sense — creating something new, usually somethingrelated to language. For example, you could coin a phrase or a new word for“joke.” 3 The Oldest Coin in the World According todifferent scholars, the Lydianstater is considered the world's oldest coin still around. Made of a mixof gold and silver called electrum, these early coins were minted around 600BCE in the kingdom of Lydia in the modern country of Turkey. 4 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar 1. The 1794 FlowingHair Silver Dollar. The 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar may sit atop therankings of the most expensive coin ever sold, at least for now. The 2020-W quartersare being released from the West Point Mint and can be found only incirculation! The Beautiful Quarters honor various landmarks and historicalsites in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the nationalterritories. 5 What makes a coin rare? Rare variations anderrors make coins extremely valuable just because they are unique and there areso few of them (again the principle of scarcity). Rare variationscould be limited edition coins that are made to commemorate an event or person,or a difference in the mint mark or design in a particular year. 6 Mint condition coins Mint conditioncoins or uncirculated coins are usually graded between 65 and 70 and areconsidered very desirable to most collectors. Auction records arealmost always held by uncirculated coins, but when it comes to rare coins,lower grade coins are also worth many times more than face value. These rare coinsfrom around the world, all minted since 1995, are worth checking in your pocketchange. Because they are worth some serious coin. 7. Lakshmi pooja Many women usesilver coins for Lakshmi pooja. These are small thin coins, with images ofLakshmi, sold from jewellery shops. 8. Rangoli and coins Many draw Rangoliand keep same type of coins and worship in the pooja room. The coins can be thesame size one rupee coins- Need not be silver coins. 9. Keeping coins Many keep smallvalue coins to put in hundi in temples. As alms higher value coins are givennow a days. Many keep coins in front of Lord Vinayaka and worship before commencingany journey. Coins are tied to yellow cloth and kept on prayer to Kuladeivam onspecific occasions. In our local templesmall denomination coins can be obtained for the value plus apremium amount since it is from the temple. 10 Please tender change In city buses suchdisplay can be seen. Except in the early morning most conductors might havesufficient change. If at all we take coins from bag, conductor would say, notnecessary. In fact in evening trips they are very pleased to give changes for Rs 100-00, 200etc. 11. Coins from Banks During the time ofwithdrawl of 1000 rupee currency and 500 rupee currency from circulation duringNovember 2016 many banks issued coins kept as imprest for the value of currencygiven. Most banks givecoins as packs if available with them. Viz- 10 rupee coins in a pack containing100 numbers as change for Rs 1000-00. Smaller changes aregiven from the customers deposit if and are given lavishly, if available withthem. 12. Hotels and coins There are suppliersof coins to hotels for their requirement of coins. These suppliers collect fromdifferent sources like street merchants. Hotels give them Tiffin or somepremium amount. 13. Hundiyal coins In most homes thecoins put in hundiyal are taken and currency kept in it’s place. They arewashed in soap water and again used. So not much scarcity is felt for coins inthe homes. 14. Availability of fresh currency. Medium nationalisedbanks may have fresh currency. If we ask they give as bundles and not forsmaller value. For smaller value we may get change, remitted by othercustomers. Probably for ease of counting they do so. 15. Special type of coins It is a habit withmany to keep glittering coins, coins of special shapes mostly issued in memoriesof famous people, national leaders etc. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1373922394.405911.1630310251290%40mail.yahoo.com.
