20 Paise

Features

Issuer	India
Period	Republic (1950-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1968-1971
Value	20 Paise (0.20 INR)
Currency	Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date)
Composition	Nickel brass
Weight	4.6 g
Diameter	22 mm
Thickness	1.75 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	30 June 2011
Number	N# 1622
References	KM# 41 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 70 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Ashoka lion capital with the country name on both sides

Scripts: Devanagari, Latin

Lettering: भारत INDIA

Translation: India India

Reverse

A lotus blossom with the denomination above and on the sides and the date above the mintmark below

Scripts: Devanagari, Latin

Lettering:
20
पैसे PAISE
1968

Translation:
20
Paise Paise
1968

Edge

Milled

Mints

	Kolkata / Calcutta / Murshidabad, India (1757-date)
*	Hyderabad, India (1803-date)
♦	Mumbai / Bombay, India (1829-date)

Comments

Rising costs and high inflation led to the introduction of aluminium coins during 1964 to 1968 , as against the cupro-nickel and nickel brass coins which were in use hitherto.

Present in sets

1970 Regular Issue (UNC set -Bombay Mint)

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1968								$ 0.93	(fr) Calcutta	5%
1968 ♦	10 585 000			$ 0.13	$ 0.70	$ 0.87	$ 1.30	$ 1.30	(fr) Mumbai	20%
1969					$ 0.21	$ 1.10			(fr) Calcutta	5%
1969 ♦	197 940 000	$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.29	$ 0.33	$ 0.43	$ 0.43	$ 0.43	(fr) Mumbai	25%
1970			$ 0.29	$ 0.29	$ 0.46	$ 0.69	$ 0.69	$ 4.20	(fr) Calcutta	28%
1970 *		$ 0.26	$ 0.28	$ 0.29	$ 0.52	$ 0.80	$ 0.80	$ 1.20	(fr) Hyderabad	29%
1970 ♦				$ 1.50	$ 1.50	$ 1.50	$ 1.50	$ 1.70	(fr) Mumbai	20%
1971 ♦	124 200 000		$ 0.14	$ 0.21	$ 0.39	$ 0.58	$ 0.68	$ 0.73	(fr) Mumbai	36%

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