1 paise

                    1 paise 1966 aluminium

India became independent on 15 August 1947 and was left with a legacy of non-decimal coinage. One rupee was divided into 16 annas or 64 pice, with each anna therefore equal to 4 pice. In 1957, India shifted to the decimal system, but for a short period both decimal and non-decimal coins were in circulation. To distinguish between the two pice, the coins minted between 1957 and 1964 have the legend "Naya Paisa" ("new" paisa). The denominations in circulation were 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50 (naya)paise and one rupee which remained as the same pre-decimal value. Therefore pre-decimal coins of one, half and quarter rupees could remain in circulation after decimalisation. 

Chronologically, the main considerations influencing the coinage policy of Republic of India over time have been: The incorporation of symbols of sovereignty and indigenous motifs on independence; Coinage Reforms with the introduction of the metric system; The need felt from time to time to obviate the possibility of the metallic value of coins rising beyond the face value; The cost-benefit of coinisation of currency notes. 

The Ashok-Stambha (Ashoka's Pillar) is a motif on all Republic of India coins. The symbol is a representation of peace and non-violence.

Coin Description

1 Paisa of 1966 - Hyderabad Mint - Dot in Diamond

Other Details

Year:

1966

Diameter:

17.00 mm

Shape:

Rounded-off square

Mint Mark:

Dot in Diamond

Coin Condition:

not in good condition

Remark:

-

1/4 rupee

1/4 rupee 1954

India's first coins after independence were issued in 1950 in 1 pice, ¹⁄₂, one and two annas,¹⁄₄, ¹⁄₂ and one-rupee denominations. The sizes and composition were the same as the final regal issues, except for the one-pice (which was bronze, but not holed).

Coin Description

1/4 Rupee of 1954 - Kolkata Mint - No Mint Mark

Other Details

Year:

1954

Diameter:

19.10 mm

Shape:

Circular

Mint Mark:

No Mint Mark

Coin Condition:

Very Fine (VF) to Uncirculated (UNC)

Remark:

Larger Date.

10 rs coins

10 rs coins

10rs 2008

Coin Description

10 Rupees of 2008 - Noida Mint - Round Dot

Other Details

Year:

2008

Diameter:

27.00 mm

Shape:

Circular

Mint Mark:

Round Dot

Coin Condition:

Very Fine (VF) to Uncirculated (UNC)

Remark:

Information Technology (Bi-metallic)

This 10 rupee coin is minted on the theme connectivity and information technology. The seed of the information technology revolution was sowed in India in 1980s with the advent of people like Narayan Murthy and companies like Infosys. Now, the government has acknowledged the role of information technology in providing people with employment and increasing the GDP of the country. The acknowldgment has come in the form of the 5 rupee coin with the wave pattern and this 10 rupee coin.

The new bimetallic 10 rupee coins are good on the eye and are light, but they lack detail and blind people find it hard to identify the coin by rubbing fingers on them. The two metallic rings clearly look different, whereas they should seem to be one coin only with two different colours. The outer golden ring is aluminium-bronze and the inner blank is nickel and copper. The weight of these coins is 7.7 grams and the diameter 27mm.

Though bimetallic coins are very common in most countries, this is the first time that a bimetallic coin has been released in India. This has caused massive craze among common people for these coins and many stupid people are stockpiling this coin, thinking that it has high value, or maybe its value would be way higher in the times to come. People have hoarded this coin by the hundereds, even thousands, and because of this reason this coin cannot be found in circulation.

5rs Coins

5rs Coins

5rs coin(1825-1917 Dadabhai Naroji)

Dadabhai Naoroji helped lay the foundation of India's contemporary freedom struggle. At a time when the East India Company had systematically dismantled the nationalistic co- operation between the princely states of India, rose to prominence Dadabhai Naoroji, a peerless patriot who defined the modern Indian freedom struggle.
Dadabhai was born on September 4th, 1825 to a poor Parsi family in Bombay. His father, Naoroji Palanji Dordi, died when Dadabhai was only 4 years old. Dadabhai was brought up by his illiterate mother Maneckbai who gave Dadabhai the best English education possible. As a student, Dadabhai had a knack for mental mathematics and went on to distinguish himself in Mathematics and English at the Elphinstone Institution (now College) in Bombay. So impressed were his peers that one professor called him the "promise of India." Another offered to pay half the expenses for Dadabhai to study abroad. His Parsi elders refused to pay the other half of the expenses out of fear that Dadabhai would convert to Christianity and marry an Englishwoman.
On completion of his education, Dadabhai was appointed the Head Native Assistant Master at the Elphinstone Institution and went on to become the first Indian Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Dadabhai entered the political fray in 1852. The East India Company acquired a 20 year lease to "manage" India from the British Government in 1833. The Company applied for renewal of the lease in 1853. Dadabhai strongly opposed the renewal of the lease and organized large meetings and sent petitions to the British Government in England to deny the Company a renewal. Even though the British Government did renew the Company's lease, his petitions dispelled a lot ignorance regarding India.
Dadabhai felt that the British misrule of India was because of ignorance of the way of life and needs on the Indian people. To remedy this he felt that he must educate the Indian masses of their rights and he workeed towards this end.
Dadabhai wanted to win friends and sympathizers for India. He joined several learned societies, delivered many speeches and wrote articles on the plight of India. He founded the East Indian Association on December 1st, 1866. The association was comprised of high ranking officers from India and people who had access to Members of the British Parliament. Dadabhai had become the unofficial ambassador of India.
Dadabhai was elected to the British Parliament in 1892 from Central Finsbury as the Liberal party candidate. This made it possible for Dadabhai to work for India from within! He got a resolution passed for holding preliminary examinations for the I.C.S. in India and England simultaneously and also got the Wiley Commission, the royal commission on India expenditure, to acknowledge the need for even distribution of administrative and military expenditure between India and England.
Dadabhai's efforts were rewarded in 1866 when the Secretary of State for India agreed to appoint 9 Indians out of 60 to the Indian Civil Service (I.C.S.) by nomination.
As the years passed, Dadabhai grew more and more disillusioned with the "fair-minded" British. After spending years collecting statistics, Dadabhai propounded the drain theory: "The inevitable consequence of foreign domination is the drain of wealth of the subject nation to the country of the rulers." Dadabhai proved that the average annual income of an Indian was barely Rs. 20. Examining the import and export figures for 37 years, he proved that India's exports exceeded its imports by Rs. 50 crores (approximately $135 million) annually.Dadabhai was key to the establishment of the Indian National Congress (I.N.C.) founded by A.O. Hume. More importantly he averted a split in the Congress between the extremists like B.G. Tilak, B.C. Pal, and A. Ghosh and the moderates.
The "Grand Old Man of India," as Dadabhai was fondly known, can be viewed as the architect that laid the foundation of the Indian freedom struggle. He sacrificed his career and his family for India. He resigned his professorship to go to England to increase awareness of India in Britain. His only son and his mother died while he was in England. Dadabhai's methods for justice for India were always non-violent and constitutional.Dadabhai died at the age of 92 on June 30th, 1917. 2 months later, the Minto Morley reforms were passed in the British Parliament granting much of what Dadabhai had been fighting for.

5 rs coins: OLD BIG COINS

5 rs coins: OLD BIG COINS

5rs big old coin 1989 Jawaharlal Nehru

This 5 rupee coin was released on the occasion of the centenary of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1989.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India was born at Allahabad on 14 November 1889. He was the only son of Motilal Nehru and Swarup Rani. From the age of 15 to 23 Jawaharlal studied in England at Harrow, Cambridge and the Inner Temple returning to India in 1912.
Jawaharlal Nehru remained the Prime Minister of India for 17 long years and can rightly be called the architect of modern India. He set India on the path of democracy and nurtured its institution - Parliament, multi-party system, independent judiciary and free press. He encouraged Panjayati Raj institutions.With the foresight of a statesman he created institutions like Planning Commission, National Science Laboratories and laid the foundation of a vast public sector for developing infrastructure for industrial growth. Besides, developing the public sector, Nehru also wanted to encourage the private sector to establish a social order based on social justice he emphasised the need of planned development. Nehru gave a clear direction to India’s role in the comity of nations with the policy of non alignment and the principle of Panchsheel, the five principles of peaceful coexistence at a time when the rivalries of cold-war were driving the humanity to its doom. His vision was that of extensive application of science and technology and industrialisation for better living and liberation from the clutches of poverty, superstition and ignorance. Education to him was very important for internal freedom and fearlessness. It was Nehru who insisted if the world was to exist at all; it must exist as one. He was generous and gracious. Emotional sensitivity and intellectual passion infused his writings, giving them unusual appeal and topicality even today. He was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1955. He never forgot India's great cultural heritage and liked to combine tradition with modernity.Nehru was a leading figure in India's struggle for independence, and was finally recognized as a political heir to Mahatma Gandhi. He became the first prime minister of independent India when he took the office on 15th August,1947 and gave a speech titled "tryst with destiny". That period was marked by communal riots due to lakhs of migrant refugees after the partition of India,. and Nehru was affected by the omnipresent violence and an atmosphere of apprehension and distrust. He tried to assuage the migrant refugees. But that non-violent attitude of his was also the reason of his twio biggest failures: Firstly when Pakistan attacked Kashmir in 1947 and took a significant part of it. Secondly, India faced a humiliation at the hands of China in 1962 and took over 20,000 square kms of Indian territory. He also started the non aligned movement(NAM) along with two other leaders.Jawaharlal was a prolific writer in English and wrote a number of books like ‘The Discovery of India’, ‘Glimpses of World History’, his autobiography, ‘towards Freedom' (1936) ran nine editions in the first year alone. His work ' The discovery of India' was later adapted into a television serial "Bharat Ek Khoj" which was aired on DoordarshanEmotional sensitivity and intellectual passion infused his writings, giving them unusual appeal & topicality even today. He was awardedBharat Ratna in 1955.Pandit Nehru loved children and they call him affectionately as Chacha Nehru. Hie birthday is observed as Children's Day. He believed that children are the future of the nation. Nehru passed away in 1964.

2 rs coins

2 rs coins

2rs coin(1x Asian Games 1982)

The figure on the obverse is the Jantar Mantar, which was the logo of the Asian games of 1982 and has also featured on many coins and stamps. The jantar mantar is situated at what is now the Connaught place area of Delhi, and was built by raja Sawai Jai Singh, the founder of Jaipur between 1710 and 1724. It is actually a complex observatory built in the 18th century, the dark age of Indian history. The Maharaja built five such Jantar Mantars including one at Delhi. The other four monuments are built at Jaipur, Varanasi, Ujjain and Mathura. Delhi’s monument, however, is historically the most important in all the five.it also serves somewhat like London’s Hyde Park, as the venue of all sorts of protests and demonstrations by individuals, groups and even larger political parties.The figure on the obverse is the Jantar Mantar, which was the logo of the Asian games of 1982 and has also featured on many coins and stamps. The jantar mantar is situated at what is now the Connaught place area of Delhi, and was built by raja Sawai Jai Singh, the founder of Jaipur between 1710 and 1724. It is actually a complex observatory built in the 18th century, the dark age of Indian history. The Maharaja built five such Jantar Mantars including one at Delhi. The other four monuments are built at Jaipur, Varanasi, Ujjain and Mathura. Delhi’s monument, however, is historically the most important in all the five.it also serves somewhat like London’s Hyde Park, as the venue of all sorts of protests and demonstrations by individuals, groups and even larger political parties.

This 2 rupee coin was released on the occasion of the IXth Asian games, which were held at Delhi in 1982. The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The games are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Medals are awarded in each event, with gold for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition which started in 1951.

The first Asian Games were held in New Delhi in 1951, where they were held again in 1982.

Competitors are entered by a National Olympic Committee (NOC) to represent their country of citizenship. National anthems and flags accompany the medal ceremonies, and tables showing the number of medals won by each country are widely used. In general only recognised nations are represented, but a few non-sovereign countries are allowed to take part. The special case of Taiwan was handled by having it compete as Chinese Taipei, due to the political status of Taiwan.

As you enter the Jantar Mantar, you find some abstract structures within its premises. They are, in fact, yantras- instruments to track the celestial bodies, plot their course, predict the eclipses and keep the time. There are four yantras-- Samrat, Misra, Jai Prakash and Ram. They tell a lot about the technological achievements under the Rajput kings and their efforts to understand the mysteries of astronomy. These yantras were designed by the Maharaja himself.

1 rs coins

1 rs coin

1rupee coin(food and nutrition)

 

The government of India adopted the National Nutrition policy under the aegis of department of women's and child development in 1993.Food and nutrition board is primarily engaged in Nutrition Education and Training Activities, Mass Awareness Campaigns, Promotion of Infant and Young Child Nutrition and Follow Up Action on instruments of National Nutrition Policy.Five-day Training of Trainers (TOT) courses for orienting medical officers, senior supervisors, LHVs etc on various aspects of nutrition are organized. These master trainers in turn organise two-day Orientation Training Courses for the grassroot level functionaries particularly of ICDS and health besides volunteers from the community.Advertisement campaign for the purpose of mass awareness was generated during 2006 –1) 2 half page (1 colored ad on 1.8.2006 and 1 Black & white on 7.8.2006) advertisements during the World Breastfeeding Week.2) 2 half page (1 colored ad on 1.9.2006 and 1 black & white on 7.9.2006) advertisements during National Nutrition Week.3) One half page color advertisement on 2nd October on the eve of Integrated Child Development Nutrition (ICDS).4) One half page colored advertisement on World Food Day on the theme ‘Invest in Agriculture for Food Security’ highlighting the importance of diversified diet for better nutrition, health and development.5) Half page black and white advertisement on Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day highlighting the importance of consumption of iodised salt in our daily diet.Special awareness generation programmes like Orientation Training Course, community meetings, camps, essay competitions, healthy baby shows etc, were also held during these events.

50 paise

50 paise

50 paise 1917-1984 Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi(1917-1984) was the prime minister of India for three terms, from 1966 to 1977; and fourth term from 1980 to 1984, when she was assasinated in the wake of operation blue star.

She is the only female prime minister of India till date, and was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India. She married Feroze Gandhi (no relation to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also called Mahatma Gandhi). She was brought up in a politically strong and influential household, and after the sudden demise of Lal Bahadur Shastri, she was thrust into the foremost ranks of congress by the congress president K.Kamaraj. She made politically correct moves and very influential, so she came into power. But some inabilities and some inefficiencies led to the enforcing of the emergency in the late 1970s. This caused her to be out of power for three years. She also devalued the rupee from 4 Re to a dollar to 7 Re/dollar, and charges of corruption were proved against her, but she refused to resign.

In 1984, some extremists in Punjab were in the holy shrine of Darbar sahib in Amritsar, and she went through with the hard military operation against those people, forgetting about the place and the civilian pilgrims there. This operation was named 'operation bluestar', and was the cause of her assasination at the hands of two of her bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh.

25 paise

25 paise

25 paise 1966

India became independent on 15 August 1947 and was left with a legacy of non-decimal coinage. One rupee was divided into 16 annas or 64 pice, with each anna therefore equal to 4 pice. In 1957, India shifted to the decimal system, but for a short period both decimal and non-decimal coins were in circulation. To distinguish between the two pice, the coins minted between 1957 and 1964 have the legend "Naya Paisa" ("new" paisa). The denominations in circulation were 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50 (naya)paise and one rupee which remained as the same pre-decimal value. Therefore pre-decimal coins of one, half and quarter rupees could remain in circulation after decimalisation. 

Chronologically, the main considerations influencing the coinage policy of Republic of India over time have been: The incorporation of symbols of sovereignty and indigenous motifs on independence; Coinage Reforms with the introduction of the metric system; The need felt from time to time to obviate the possibility of the metallic value of coins rising beyond the face value; The cost-benefit of coinisation of currency notes. 

The Ashok-Stambha (Ashoka's Pillar) is a motif on all Republic of India coins. The symbol is a representation of peace and non-violence.

Coin Description
Other Details

25 Paise of 1966 - Kolkata Mint - No Mint Mark

Year:

1966

Diameter:

19.00 mm

Shape:

Circular

Mint Mark:

No Mint Mark

Coin Condition:

Very Fine (VF) to Uncirculated (UNC)

Remark:

Date and denomination smaller.

20 paise

20 paise

20 paise 1869-1948

I would take the second part to be the head in this 20 paisa coin, which shows the bespectacled figure of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who is known throughout the world for his non-violent approach in the frredom struggle of India. He was born in 1869 and was assassinated in 1948 by Nathuram Godse, one year after India got its independence.

India became independent on 15 August 1947 and was left with a legacy of non-decimal coinage. One rupee was divided into 16 annas or 64 pice, with each anna therefore equal to 4 pice. In 1957, India shifted to the decimal system, but for a short period both decimal and non-decimal coins were in circulation. To distinguish between the two pice, the coins minted between 1957 and 1964 have the legend "Naya Paisa" ("new" paisa). The denominations in circulation were 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50 (naya)paise and one rupee which remained as the same pre-decimal value. Therefore pre-decimal coins of one, half and quarter rupees could remain in circulation after decimalisation. 

Chronologically, the main considerations influencing the coinage policy of Republic of India over time have been: The incorporation of symbols of sovereignty and indigenous motifs on independence; Coinage Reforms with the introduction of the metric system; The need felt from time to time to obviate the possibility of the metallic value of coins rising beyond the face value; The cost-benefit of coinisation of currency notes. 

The Ashok-Stambha (Ashoka's Pillar) is a motif on all Republic of India coins. The symbol is a representation of peace and non-violence.

10 paise

10 paise

10 paise 1971
This 10 paise coin has the four headed lion symbol at the obverse, and the denomination and the date at the reverse. The reverse also shows "rupaye ka dasvan bhag" in Hindi which means 1/10th part of a Rupee, and also "das paise" which means 10 paise.

5 paise

5 paise

5 paise 1981

India became independent on 15 August 1947 and was left with a legacy of non-decimal coinage. One rupee was divided into 16 annas or 64 pice, with each anna therefore equal to 4 pice. In 1957, India shifted to the decimal system, but for a short period both decimal and non-decimal coins were in circulation. To distinguish between the two pice, the coins minted between 1957 and 1964 have the legend "Naya Paisa" ("new" paisa). The denominations in circulation were 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50 (naya)paise and one rupee which remained as the same pre-decimal value. Therefore pre-decimal coins of one, half and quarter rupees could remain in circulation after decimalisation. 

Chronologically, the main considerations influencing the coinage policy of Republic of India over time have been: The incorporation of symbols of sovereignty and indigenous motifs on independence; Coinage Reforms with the introduction of the metric system; The need felt from time to time to obviate the possibility of the metallic value of coins rising beyond the face value; The cost-benefit of coinisation of currency notes. 

The Ashok-Stambha (Ashoka's Pillar) is a motif on all Republic of India coins. The symbol is a representation of peace and non-violence.

Coin Description

5 Paise of 1981 

Other Details

Year:

1981

Diameter:

22.00 mm

Shape:

Rounded-off square

Coin Condition:

OK

Remark:

-

3 paise

3 Paise: Old coins

3 paise 1965

India became independent on 15 August 1947 and was left with a legacy of non-decimal coinage. One rupee was divided into 16 annas or 64 pice, with each anna therefore equal to 4 pice. In 1957, India shifted to the decimal system, but for a short period both decimal and non-decimal coins were in circulation. To distinguish between the two pice, the coins minted between 1957 and 1964 have the legend "Naya Paisa" ("new" paisa). The denominations in circulation were 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50 (naya)paise and one rupee which remained as the same pre-decimal value. Therefore pre-decimal coins of one, half and quarter rupees could remain in circulation after decimalisation. 

Chronologically, the main considerations influencing the coinage policy of Republic of India over time have been: The incorporation of symbols of sovereignty and indigenous motifs on independence; Coinage Reforms with the introduction of the metric system; The need felt from time to time to obviate the possibility of the metallic value of coins rising beyond the face value; The cost-benefit of coinisation of currency notes. 

The Ashok-Stambha (Ashoka's Pillar) is a motif on all Republic of India coins. The symbol is a representation of peace and non-violence.

Coin Description

3 Paise of 1965 - Mumbai Mint - Diamond

Other Details

Year:

1965

Diameter:

21.00 mm

Shape:

Rounded-off 6 sided

Mint Mark:

Diamond

Coin Condition:

Very Fine (VF) to Uncirculated (UNC)

Remark:

-

2 paise

2 Paise: Old coins

2 paise 1957

Coin Description
Other Details

2 Paise of 1967 - Mumbai Mint - Diamond

Year:

1957

Diameter:

20.00 mm

Shape:

Scalloped

Mint Mark:

Diamond

Coin Condition:

Very Fine (VF) to Uncirculated (UNC)

Remark:

Length of 2 is 10mm.

This coin was struck in copper-nickel. The obverse shows the lion symbol, and the reverse shows the denomination and the date. Also, we can see written in Hindi "rupaye ka pachasvan bhag" , which means 1/50th part of a Rupee. Also, "naye paise" meaning new coin can be seen written.

1 naya paise

1 naya paise                                                         

1 paise 1957

India became independent on 15 August 1947 and was left with a legacy of non-decimal coinage. One rupee was divided into 16 annas or 64 pice, with each anna therefore equal to 4 pice. In 1957, India shifted to the decimal system, but for a short period both decimal and non-decimal coins were in circulation. To distinguish between the two pice, the coins minted between 1957 and 1964 have the legend "Naya Paisa" ("new" paisa).

Coin Description

1 Naya Paisa of 1957 

Other Details

Year:

1957

Shape:

Circular

Diameter:

16 mm

Coin Condition:

Fine condition 

Remark:

-

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1 paise 1961

India became independent on 15 August 1947 and was left with a legacy of non-decimal coinage. One rupee was divided into 16 annas or 64 pice, with each anna therefore equal to 4 pice. In 1957, India shifted to the decimal system, but for a short period both decimal and non-decimal coins were in circulation. To distinguish between the two pice, the coins minted between 1957 and 1964 have the legend "Naya Paisa" ("new" paisa).

Coin Description

1 Naya Paisa of 1961 

Other Details

Year:

1961

Diameter:

16 mm

Shape:

Circular

Coin Condition:

OK

Remark:

-

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