Modern Indian Coins – Fabulous Tips for Collectors

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Modern Indian Coins Fabulous Tips for
Collectors
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• Modern coins of India fall into a category of
  coins that were issued after Independence. They
  are majorly classified onto two groups namely,
  Anna Series and Decimal coinage.
• Lets take a look at a few interesting examples
  of modern Indian coins from both these categories
  today.

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• These square-shaped 2 Annas coins of modern India
  belonged to the Anna Series and were die-struck
  by Government of India in 5.83 grams of Nickel in
  the year 1950 at Bombay Mint.
• For the first time ever, Hindi letters were used
  for Indian coinage, in the form of denomination
  do Aana on the reverse. They featured a diamond
  shaped mint mark. The obverse featured the text
  GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, National Emblem and a Star
  while the reverse featured Zebu the Bull, year,
  and denomination in Hindi and English.

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• These round-shaped 1 rupee modern coins of India
  belonged to the Anna Series and were die-struck
  by GOI in 11.66 grams of nickel in 1950 at Bombay
  Mint with a Diamond shaped mint mark.
• The obverse featured the text GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
  around National Emblem with a Star below while
  the reverse features a two stems of grains,
  numeral '1' , Ek rupya in Devanagri, RUPEE and
  Year.

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• These square-shaped 5 paise modern Indian coins
  belong to the decimal coinage category and were
  Die Struck by GOI in 1.5 grams of Aluminium in
  the year 1977 at Bombay Mint with Diamond Mint
  Mark to promote the development of India.
• The reverse depicted symbols of development like,
  Books, Crops, F.A.O, Gears, Hands, Houses, Red
  Cross and Red Crescent on the reverse along with
  the text SAVE FOR DEVELOPMENT in Roman and VIKAS
  KE LIYE BACHAIYE in Devanagari.

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• These unique and relatively rare modern Indian
  coins were die-struck in the shape of a hexagon
  by GOI in 1.21 grams of Aluminium in 1964 at
  Bombay Mint with a diamond-shaped mint mark.
• These 3 Paise modern coins of India belonged to
  the decimal coinage category. The Obverse
  featured the National emblem, text Bharat in
  Hindi ???? and India while the reverse featured
  text teen paise in hindi, numeral 3 and year.
• Look for these interesting varieties of Rare
  Modern Coins in India and start building a new
  collection.