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Doctors remove 72 coins from Palghar man's stomach after he swallowed them due to mental illness
•A 50-year-old tribal from Maharashtra's Palghar district has been successfully operated upon by doctors to remove 72 coins that the man had swallowed.
Centre to issue Rs 100 and Rs 5 coins to commemorate MG Ramchandran's birth centenary
Ians •New coins in the denomination of Rs 100 and Rs 5 will soon be issued by the government to commemorate the birth centenary of the late Chief Minister MG Ramachandran of Tamil Nadu, according to an official announcement.
Kingpin of fake coin racket held; counterfeit coins of Rs 5 worth Rs 8,500 seized
Ians •The gang first carved out shape of coins from metallic sheets in lathe machines and then prepared coins using heating and hydraulic machines.
In the time of demonetisation, it is the small change that comes to the rescue
Mahesh •The Income Tax Department may not tax, penalise or even frown at much of the hoarded money that is coming out — it is the small change, in coins, of Re 1, Rs 2, 5, and 10.
Golden Rules to buy Gold this Dussehra
Bindisha •Keep these rules in mind while buying gold .
Govt releases commemorative stamp on Dr Ambedkar, plans to release coin in honour too
Fp Archives •Government on Wednesday released a commemorative postal stamp on Dr BR Ambedkar and said it will come out with a coin in his honour.
Want to pay in cash for your new car! How about paying for it in coins
Fp Staff •Gan, who works at a petrol station in China, employed an unbelievable method to finance his new car. Find it shocking but he paid for his new car using 660,000 coins and 20,000 low value banknotes from his piggybank.
Why are there no women on dollar notes? 9-year-old gets Obama's reply to her cute letter
Fp Staff •A little girl had asked the US President Barack Obama in a letter last year why there were no women on dollar bills and coins, and now she has had a reply from the man himself.
RBI to issue new Rs 5 coins on 150th birth anniversary of Motilal Nehru
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Gold off 2-month low but headed for 4th losing week
Fp Archives •Apart from weak economic data from China, gold has also been hit by US Treasury yields climbing to multi-month highs and an increase in the cost of dollar funding.