Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Indian two paisa, three paisa and five paisa

In 1964, a set of low value coins was released. These coins had denominations of 1,2,3 and 5 paisa. Later on 10 paisa and 20 paisa was also released. These coins were forged in Aluminium as they had very low value, and they are now out of circulation.


2 paisa, 1970
2 paise 1970
3 paisa , 1971
3 paisa 1971
5 paisa , 1977
5 paise 1977



Before 1964, the set of coins was made of copper-nickel and they were called the"naye paise"


Two paisa , 1962
india 2 naya paisa
This coin was struck in copper-nickel. The obverse shows the lion symbol, and the reverse shows the denomination and the date. Also, we can see written in Hindi "rupaye ka pachasvan bhag" , which means 1/50th part of a Rupee. Also, "naye paise" meaning new coin can be seen written.


Five paisa , 1957
india five paisa 1957 naya paisa

This five paisa coin was struck in copper-nickel. The obverse shows the four headed lion symbol, and the reverse shows the denomination and the date. We can also see "rupaye ka beesvan bhag" in Hindi, which means 1/20th part of a rupee, and also "naye paise" which means new coin.

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