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List of coins minted in foreign mint [15] Mint Country Year Coin Mint Mark Birmingham Mint: United Kingdom 1985 ₹1.00 'H' below last digit of the year Royal Mint: United Kingdom 1985 ₹1.00 ' ' below first digit of the year Taegu Mint: South Korea 1985 ₹0.50 '★' below first digit of the year Royal Canadian Mint: Canada 1985 ₹0.25
Years of minting: 1957 () –2016: Mint marks: Mumbai = ⧫ Mumbai Proof issues = B Hyderabad = * Noida = ° Kolkata = No mint-mark: Circulation: In circulation: Catalog number: KM#398, KM#374 and KM#70 to KM#55: Obverse; Design: State Emblem of India with country name: Reverse; Design: Face value and year flanked by National flower of India
Year of minting Monetary status Weight Diameter Thickness Metal Edge Obverse Reverse First Last 1 naya paisa: 1.5 g: 16 mm: 1 mm: Bronze: Plain: State Emblem of India and country name in Hindi and English. Face-value and year. 1957: 1962: Demonetised. [4] 2 naya Paise: 2.95 g: 18 mm: 1.80 mm: Cupronickel: Smooth: 1957: 1963: Demonetised. [5] 5 ...
Mumbai Mint has a state-of-the-art gold refining facility up to 999.9. Hyderabad Mint has electrolytic silver refining facility up to 999.9. Commemorative coins are made at Mumbai and Kolkata. Kolkata and Hyderabad have facilities for making medallions, too. The Noida mint was the first in the country to mint coins of stainless steel.
Mint Mark Description Comments Hyderabad ☆ Five-pointed star: Kolkata: No mint-mark: Since this was the first Indian mint, coins minted in Kolkata don't carry a mark. [7] Mumbai ⧫ Diamond • Small dot (solid) B: Letter B below year: M: Letter M below year: On coins minted after 1996. Noida ° Small dot (hollow)
India Government Mint, Hyderabad was established in 1803 AD by Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III as a private mint and along with other private mints in the country. The mint produced Indian coins in the name of Emperor of India. Initially the mint was situated at Sultan Sahi in Moghalpura suburb of the Hyderabad city.
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In 1955, India amended the "Indian Coinage Act" to adopt the metric system for coinage. Paisa coins were introduced in 1957, but from 1957 to 1964 the coin was called "Naya Paisa" (English: New Paisa). On 1 June 1964, the term "Naya" was dropped and the denomination was simply called "One paisa".