Mahatma Gandhi- Revolutionaries Series Coin
The Bank of Mongolia has released its 2020 gold and silver Proof coins of the “Revolutionaries” series. The 2020 coin dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, the great pioneer of non-violent resistance. “Revolutionaries” series started in 2014 with gold and silver coins featuring famous political figures from around the world. The series began in 2014 with the issue of gold and silver coin versions, and from 2016 the coins are launched at World Money Fair in Berlin. The Revolutionaries series coins produced by Coin Invest Trust (CIT) on behalf of the Bank of Mongolia.
The previously released coins in Revolutionaries are; Chinggis Khaan (2014), Fidel Castro (2017), Che Guevara (2018), and Karl Marx (2019). All the coins in the series having a limed mintage. Silver coins will be only 1000 pcs and gold, 5000 pcs. All silver coins are produced using “smartminting” technology and weigh 1oz, .999 pure silver with 38.61 mm diameter. The gold coins are mined with big gold minting technology, each coin weighs 0.5 g of .9999 pure gold and has a diameter of 13.62mm.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Kathiawar, India. At the age of just 18, Gandhi sailed for London to study law, where he eventually passed the bar exam and qualified as a barrister. Gandhi was the leader of India’s non-violent independence movement against British rule. March 12, 1930, he leads the “The Salt March” to break the “Salt Law” imposed by the British government to prohibit Indians from making salt from evaporated seawater. Hundreds of thousands of Indians joined the march, and over 60,000 people put in jail for breaking the Salt act. Finally, the British lifted the law, and Gandhi got world attention on this issue and his “Quit India Movement” based on non-violence and “Satyagraha.” The Time magazine named Gandhi as “Man of the Year” for 1930.
On August 15, 1947, India gained its independence from the British and divided it into two independent countries, India & Pakistan. On January 30, 1948, while going to attend a prayer, Gandhi was shot three times on his chest and killed by a Hindu extremist, Nathuram Vinayak Godse, who was an advocate of Hindu nationalism.
The reverse of the coin engraved with a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi On the left side, The wording MAHATMA GANDHI in English and Mongolian, and at the bottom, the year of production 2020 also included. The obverse of the Mahatma Gandhi coin features the coat of arms of the Bank of Mongolia and the denomination of 1000 ТӨГРӨГ (1000 Togrog) Mongolian lettering and the Issuing country “MONGOLIA” The coin purity 1 oz .999 SILVER” on silver and “0.5 g .9999 GOLD” on the gold coin also inscribed.
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