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Bullion World | Volume 4 | Issue 8 | August 2024
B ullion W orld | V olume 4 | I ssue 8 | A ugust 2024
Business of Minted Products

in India, Scope and Future

Mr Vidit Garg, Director, Kundan Group

Precious metal products be it gold,
silver, platinum have a very touching,
sensitive and intimate relationship
with India’s lifestyle and goes back
hundreds of years of rich heritage
of our country. India usually imports
gold in the range of 800-900 MT per
year. As per one estimate, Indian
household owns more than 25000
tons of gold. As an asset, gold’s age
– old credential is in its character as
“Store of value”.

Minted products consist of mainly gold and silver coins of
various denomination with different purity and cartage.

Since time immemorial from the time of Indus Valley
Civilization and Ramayana and Mahabharata kaal,
minted gold coins embossed/engraved were wide in Mr Vidit Garg
circulation and were part of the trade. These coins were
being used as currency and had wide acceptance not
only in India but in other countries also. Even now, gold
minted coins are most after sought for by the Indian
population for various purposes. The gold minted coins
are used by Indians on various occasions such as on
marriage, wedding anniversaries, birthday, corporate
gifting and for investment purposes.

Gold minted products have advantage over the
traditional jewellery as they are cost effective, easy
to store, freely exchangeable at any point of time and approx. 3/4 part was of jewellery but by now the trend
convertible to hard currency at the prevailing rate without among the younger generation is changing towards
any loss. Moreover, these minted coins are safe-heaven minted products.
at the time of misfortune or hardship.
The availability of the minted products is easy as they
During the recent years, Indians are increasingly can be bought from banks, non-banking financial
diverting to minted products in comparison to jewellery. companies and even at e-com websites. Further, their
The Indian jewellery market is expected to grow at CAGR quality is assured as the products are sold with BIS
5.70% during 2024-2030. Out of the total sale of gold hallmarking.

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