Monday, April 4, 2011

One rupee coins: Republic India-VI


One rupee: 1950
one rupee 1950
The first one rupee coin of republic India was released in 1950. After that the one rupee coin came out in 1954; whererafter the design was changed in 1962, with no mintage in the in between years. Since the one rupee coins of 1950 and 1954 were minted only in the Bombay mint, my collection of this coin type is complete.


One rupee: 1954
one rupee 1954
Rev: Ashoka lion pedestal
Obv: grain ears flank thick numeral
Weight: 11.66gm
Diameter: 24mm
Metal: nickel


One rupee: 1962
one rupee 1962
Weight: 10gm
Diameter: 28mm
Metal: nickel
Mint: Calcutta(no mint mark)
Remark: larger lion symbol, smaller numeral
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 13, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    Hi how do u store these coins. I have some and they r just lying around in a platic cover for years now

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  2. Girish SuraganiMay 4, 2011 at 12:45 AM

    You can go to archies gallery and there are coin albums available to buy ... u can store them in that

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