Presently there is no provision whereby coin-collectors can get newly issued commemorative coins as per their specific choice. System is that Reserve Bank of India RBI issues coin-bags of 2000 or 2500 pieces of commemorative to currency-chests of banks in place of normally-circulated coins according to normal need and requirement of currency-chests.
Central government and RBI should ensure smaller packs of 100 commemorative coins to be packed by India Government Mints, where these coin-packs can be arranged to be issued right from date of issue at counters of selected banks, public and private, across the country where coin-collectors and other desiring persons easily get these small pack of coins.
These selected bank-counters should also sell coin-sets issued at time of issue of new commemorative and normally-issued coins on all working days, abolishing cumbersome practice of getting these after prior booking much after actual date of issue killing the very idea of commemorating an occasion by issue of coins.
Such a system will abolish black-marketing of coin sets and commemorative coins by dealers trading in unauthorised sale of coin-bags and new packs of currency notes like in Kachcha Bagh market of Chandni Chowk, Delhi.
SUBHASH CHANDRA AGRAWAL