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The ₹10 coin is the second highest-denomination coin minted in India since its introduction in 2005. The present ₹10 coin in circulation is from the 2019 design. However, the previous ₹10 coins minted before 2019 are also legal tender in India. All ₹10 coins containing with and without the rupee currency sign are legal tender, as stated ...
The 5 rupee piece that features waves in its design was also issued in 2007, along with a new 10 rupee coin. However, the design of the 10 rupee piece changed in 2008. The 5 rupee coin design was again reverted to the previous design, though it was issued in Nickel-brass instead of Copper-nickel. However, these 5 rupee and 10 rupee coins were ...
British Indian 1 rupee, 1917 Rupee gold coin of Princely State of Bahawalpur. The 1911 accession to the throne of the King-Emperor George V led to the famous "pig rupee". On the coin, the king appeared wearing the chain of the Order of the Indian Elephant. Through poor engraving, the elephant looked very much like a pig.
As like the other Indian rupee banknotes, the ₹ 10 banknote has its amount written in 17 languages. On the obverse, the denomination is written in English and Hindi . On the reverse is a language panel which displays the denomination of the note in 15 of the 22 official languages of India .
The India Government Mint (ISO: Bhārata Sarakāra Ṭakasāla) operated four mints in the country for the production of coins: Mumbai, Maharashtra; Kolkata, West Bengal; Hyderabad, Telangana; Noida, Uttar Pradesh [1] The functions of the mint were replaced by the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India in 2006.
Sometime around 600BC in the lower Ganges valley in eastern India a coin called a punchmarked Karshapana was created. [38] According to Hardaker, T.R. the origin of Indian coins can be placed at 575 BCE [39] and according to P.L. Gupta in the seventh century BCE, proposals for its origins range from 1000 BCE to 500 BCE. [25] According to Page.
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".
Five-rupee coins, made from brass, are being minted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). In 1997 the 20 paise coin was discontinued, followed by the 10 paise coin in 1998, and the 25 paise in 2002. Between 2005 and 2008 new, lighter fifty-paise, one-, two-, and five-rupee coins were introduced, made from ferritic stainless steel.