Anyone ever heard about KL Mint? Today, KL Mint will start selling a KL Mint P.Ramlee commemorative coins in an efforts and campaign to commemorate the great Malaysia artist the late Tan Sri P. Ramlee. KL Mint Sdn Bhd issued coins in three prominent art collections are gold plated, silver and copper. The launch was held yesterday at the National Art Gallery by the Ministry of Information, Communication and Culture, Datuk Seri Dr. Rais Yatim. It was also attended by the President of the Employee, Datuk Freddie Fernandez. Exhibition and sale of the coin collection will last for a month at the National Art Gallery starting today.
According to Project Director of the Mint KL, Mohd Saiful Abd Latif planning to issue a coin collection that was first performed was part of efforts to elevate P. Ramlee.
"As we all know, the legendary P. Ramlee is a great artist. Before this, there is no collection of coins issued specifically to commemorate P.Ramlee. So, we took the initiative to produce a coins collection as tokens of appreciation to the artist and also retained as a heritage of the country," he said.
Elaborating, Saiful said the decision to issue a collection of coins is based on the value and privileges that are not just hunt by coin collectors but also you also can keep them for a very long time.
"We chose to remove the coins from the collection of posters, postcards or other collectibles, as the value and characteristics of coins that can be passed on to our next generations. If you want to compare with other private collections, such as posters, postcards, or album, the coins are more durable and desirable for the collection of coin enthusiasts," he said.
Talked about the idea of printing the coin, Saiful said the project is planned from the beginning of 2010. It was inspired by the Chief Executive Officer of KL Mint Othman Abdullah himself before getting full cooperation from the Ministry of Information, Communication and Culture, Employees Association of Malaysia and National Art Gallery.
Collection of commemorative coins, each one is sold at RM3, 500 for gold coins, RM250 (silver) and RM50 (copper). Interestingly, for the purchase of gold coins, buyers also will receive silver and bronze coins. He said the collection of gold and silver coins will be issued only 1.000 pieces each while the copper coin will depend on demand. Part of the proceeds of the sale was a collection of coins will be distributed to the P.Ramlee Fund and Artistic Foundation.
Is this a commemorative coins or medallion? I am searching for any information about KL Mint and the specification of this item but I cannot find any. Is this items in proof condition? What is its denomination? What type of gold used? This coins exactly minted by? A lots of question mark from me for this coins. If anyone from KL Mint themselves can provide me with the details and specification, I will be glad to put it in here. I think many collector are interested in this coins.
Source: mStar online
PS: You can read detail information about this medallion at this post: P.Ramlee Medallion. You can get this Medallion on sale at Balai Seni Lukis Negara everyday for the next 30 days from 10am to 60pm starting yesterday.
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