REPUBLIC INDIA

200TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF LOUIS BRAILLE

(1809-2009)

2 RUPEE UNC SET

ISSUED BY HYDERABAD MINT

METAL : FERRATIC STAINLESS STEEL (FSS)

     LOUIS BRAILLE BECAME BLIND AT THE AGE OF 3, WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY STABBED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH AN AWL, ONE OF HIS FATHER'S WORKSHOP TOOLS.BRAILLE'S OTHER EYE WENT BLIND BECAUSE OF SYMPATHETIC OPTHALMIA.

     HE WAS THE INVENTOR OF BRAILLE, A WORLD WIDE SYSTEM USED BY BLIND AND VIRTUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE FOR READING AND WRITING. BRAILLE IS READ BY PASSING THE FINGERS OVER CHARACTERS MADE UP OF AN ARRANGEMENT OF ONE TO SIX EMBOSSED POINTS. IT HAS BEEN ADAPTED TO ALMOST EVERY KNOWN LANGUAGE.

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SHIPPING

SHIPPING WOULD BE BY INDIAN POST REGISTERED AIRMAIL (NOT INSURED/TRACKABLE).

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