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English: Face value: 1 Indian rupee coin.. Country: India. Year of minting: 1947. Metal: Nickel. Shape: Round. Obverse: Crowned head of George VI with lettering ...
The Indian 1-rupee coin (₹1) is an Indian coin worth one Indian rupee and is made up of a hundred paisas. Currently, one rupee coin is the smallest Indian coin in circulation. Since 1992, one Indian rupee coins are minted from stainless steel. Round in shape, the one rupee coins weighs 3.76 grams (58.0 grains), has a diameter of 21.93 ...
English: 1 rupee coin, 1840 - British India, East India Company, Queen Victoria. Silver 917 tests, diameter 30.5 mm, weight 11.55 g. Silver 917 tests, diameter 30.5 mm, weight 11.55 g. Mint of the city of Bombay or Kolkata
The Indian One Paisa coin (Hindi: पैसा) is a former denomination of the Indian Rupee. The 1 coin equals 1 ⁄ 100 (one-hundredth) of the Indian Rupee. The symbol for paisa is (). In 1955, India adopted metric system for coinage and amended the "Indian Coinage Act". Subsequently, one paisa coins were introduced on 1 April 1957.
A 20 paisa coin was minted in 1968. Neither of these coins gained much popularity. The 1, 2 and 3 paisa coins were phased out gradually in the 1970s. In 1982, a new 2 rupee coin was introduced experimentally to replace 2 rupee notes. The 2 rupee coin was not minted again till 1990, after which it was minted every following year.
The Indian paisa (plural: paise) is a 1 ⁄ 100 (one-hundredth) subdivision of the Indian rupee. The paisa was first introduced on 1 April 1957 after decimalisation of the Indian rupee. [1] In 1955, the Government of India first amended the Indian Coinage Act and adopted the "metric system for coinage".
Reverse of the 1835 One Rupee coin, struck on the name of King William IV of England, minted in Calcutta. In March 1824, the foundation of the third Calcutta Mint was laid on Strand Road and was opened for production from 1 August 1829. Until 1835, coins issued at this mint continued to be in the name of the Murshidabad Mint.
The one rupee coin, struck at the Bombay mint, has 2 dots below the top flower and 0 dots above the bottom flower (2/0). Currency and proof issues of the 1862 dated rupee coins have a number of different obverse and reverse die varieties, which are helpful in identification of the mint. The design of the coin, however, remained largely unchanged.