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Currently it is the lowest circulating denomination of the Indian rupee. The symbol for paisa is (). On 30 June 2011, when the 25 paisa and all other lower denomination coins were officially demonetised, the 50 paise coin became the lowest circulating denomination of the Indian rupee. [1]
Rupee: 1 rupee (divided into 100 new paise 1957–1964; divided into 100 paisa 1964–present). 1962–present Half rupee 50 paise: 1957–2016 Quarter rupee 25 paise: 1957-2002. Demonetized from 2011. N/A 20 paise: 1968-1994. Demonetized from 2011. 2 annas [11] 10 paise: 1957-1998. Demonetized from 2011. Anna [11] 5 paise: 1957-1994 ...
Paisa has been issued in 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 25, and 50 paise coins. Though as of 2023, coins of the denomination of 1 rupee are the lowest value in use. History
An anna (or ānna) was a currency unit formerly used in British India, equal to 1 ⁄ 16 of a rupee. [1] It was subdivided into four pices or twelve pies (thus there were 192 pies in a rupee). When the rupee was decimalised and subdivided into 100 (new) paise, one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise.
Paisa (also transliterated as pice, pesa, poysha, poisha and baisa) is a monetary unit in several countries.The word is also a generalised idiom for money and wealth. In India, Nepal, and Pakistan, the paisa currently equals 1 ⁄ 100 of a rupee.
The demonetisation of the 25-paise coin and all paise coins below it took place, and a new series of coins (50 paise – nicknamed athanni – one, two, five, and ten rupees with the new rupee sign) were put into circulation in 2011. In 2016 the 50 paise coin was last minted. Coins commonly in circulation are one, two, five, ten, and twenty rupees.
A twenty paise coin was introduced in 1968 but did not gain much popularity. Over a period, cost-benefit considerations led to the gradual discontinuance of 1, 2 and 3 paise coins in the 1970s. Stainless steel coinage of 10, 25 and 50 paise was introduced in 1988 and of one rupee in 1992.
A twenty paise coin was introduced in 1968 but did not gain much popularity. Over a period, cost-benefit considerations led to the gradual discontinuance of 1, 2 and 3 paise coins in the 1970s. Stainless steel coinage of 10, 25 and 50 paise, was introduced in 1988 and of one rupee in 1992.