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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]
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
Decimal currency (dates minted) N/A 20 rupees: 2019–present N/A 10 rupees: 2005–present N/A 5 rupees: 1992–present N/A 2 rupees: 1982–present 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 ...
Paisa = 1 ⁄ 100 of an Indian rupee (only 50 paisa coins are de facto valid but no longer in circulation) Paisa = 1 ⁄ 100 of a Nepalese rupee (no longer in circulation) Baisa = 1 ⁄ 1000 of an Omani rial; Paisa = 1 ⁄ 100 of a Pakistani rupee (Officially demonetized from 1 October 2014) [6]
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.
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.
Currently in India (from 2010 onwards), the 50 paise coin (half a rupee) is the lowest valued legal tender coin. Coins of 1, 2, 5, and 10 rupees and banknotes of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, and 2000 rupees are commonly in use for cash transaction.
In 1963, 10 and 25 paise coins were introduced, followed by 2 paise the next year. Re. 1/- coins were reintroduced in 1979, followed by Rs. 2/- in 1998 and Rs. 5/- in 2002. 2 paise coins were last minted in 1976, with 1 paisa coins ceasing production in 1979. The 5, 10, 25 and 50 paise all ceased production in 1996.