2017-09-22 Fri

We all love those Big Rhinoceroses, don’t we?

But are you aware of that 22nd September is observed World Rhino Day?

World Rhino day celebrates Rhinoceroses and generates awareness regarding their well-being. It was first planned by World Wildlife Fund-South Africa in 2010.

World Rhino Day, celebrates these amazing animals and asks people to support various conservation policies to help the rhinos, including improving enforcement policies to prevent the illegal poaching and hunting.

Rhino is also a very important part in the history coins from ancient to the modern period. Let’s take a view on some of these coins.

Kumaragupta is the only king to issue Rhinoceros Slayer Type coins. These coins were a new addition to the sports series made by him. None of his successors are known to have revived this type. The obverse depicts the king riding a horse and attacking a rhinoceros with a sword and the reverse is quite unique. It depicts Goddess Ganga standing left on Makara, holding lotus in right hand.

Another 25 paisa coin which we all are familiar with was launched in 1998.The obverse of this coin shows the Lion capital of Ashoka, with legend "Satyameva Jayate" in Devanagari inscribed below it. The value of the coin 25 Paisa is shown in at the centre bottom. The words "Bharat" and "Paisa" in Hindi appear on the left periphery, with "INDIA" and "PAISA" in English on the right periphery and the reverse depicts "One Horned Rhino" at the centre. The year of issue 1998 shows in above the central design.