RSA (Post -1994): Life of Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948 |
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| Form: | Circular | ||||||||
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| By: | Gold Reef City Mint | ||||||||
| Date: | 2008 | ||||||||
| Ref: |
Laidlaw: 1359; |
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| Edge: |
Upright reeded. |
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| Obverse: |
Bareheaded bust of Gandhi wearing wire-framed spectacles, right, hand raised in prayer. Legend on a band above: "MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GHANDI" and below: "1867 1948". |
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| Reverse: |
Gandhi seated front, at spinning wheel. Signed below: "GRC". Below that across: "2008" and below again in an arc: "THE MAN AND THE WHEEL". Legend on a band above: "SATYAGRAH" and below: "PASSIVE RESISTANCE AND NON-VIOLENCE". |
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| Notes: |
Comes encapsulated inside square fitted case (protected by a white cardboard sleeve) with a certificate if authenticity. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 – 1948) was the leader of Indian nationalism which gained independence for India in 1947 from Great Britain. Gandhi was a lawyer and practiced in South Africa for 21 years between 1893 and 1914. He served in both the Boer War and in the Natal Rebellion leading an Indian corps of ambulance drivers and stretcher bearers. On January 30 1948 Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu extremist. |
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