10 Paise
© Joseph Kunnappally
Features
| Issuer |
India
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Republic (1950-date)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1971-1982 |
| Value | 10 Paise (0.10 INR) |
| Currency | Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date) |
| Composition | Aluminium (96.5-96% Aluminium, 3.5-4% Magnesium) |
| Weight | 2.3 g |
| Diameter | 26 mm |
| Thickness | 2.25 mm |
| Shape | Scalloped (with 12 notches) |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 30 June 2011 |
| Number | N# 1651 |
| References | KM# 27.1 - 27.3 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes). |
Obverse
Ashoka Lion Capital within a circle of beads, surrounded by a wreath.
Scripts: Devanagari, Latin
Lettering: भारत INDIA
Reverse
Denomination, date below within circle of beads, wreath.
Scripts: Devanagari, Latin
Lettering:
पैसे 10 PAISE
1980
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Kolkata / Calcutta / Murshidabad, India (1757-date) | |
| * | Hyderabad, India (1803-date) |
| ♦ | Mumbai / Bombay, India (1829-date) |
| B | Mumbai / Bombay, India (1829-date) |
Comments
Different space of wreath to rim (click on image below):
Obverse narrow & Reverse narrow space to rim, '10' 9 mm height - KM# 27.1
Obverse narrow & Reverse wide space to rim, '10' 8 mm height - KM# 27.2
Obverse wide & Reverse wide space to rim, '10' 8 mm height - KM# 27.3
Mumbai Mintmarks:
♦ - Circulation strikes
B - Proof strikes
Obverse narrow & Reverse narrow space to rim, '10' 9 mm height - KM# 27.1
Obverse narrow & Reverse wide space to rim, '10' 8 mm height - KM# 27.2
Obverse wide & Reverse wide space to rim, '10' 8 mm height - KM# 27.3
Mumbai Mintmarks:
♦ - Circulation strikes
B - Proof strikes
Present in sets
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25th Anniversary of Independence (9 coins Proof set)
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Grow more Food (9 coins Proof set - Bombay mint)
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| Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | Frequency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1971 | $ 0.40 | $ 0.40 | $ 0.40 | $ 0.58 | $ 0.58 | $ 0.58 | $ 0.58 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Calcutta Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 9% | |||||
| 1971 * | $ 0.92 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Hyderabad Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 4% | |||||||||||
| 1971 ♦ | 146 100 000 | $ 0.16 | $ 0.16 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.36 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Mumbai Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 13% | |||||
| 1972 | $ 0.13 | $ 0.13 | $ 0.25 | $ 0.52 | $ 0.52 | $ 0.76 | $ 1.20 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Calcutta Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 25% | |||||
| 1972 ♦ |
|
735 090 000 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.46 | $ 0.52 | $ 0.55 | $ 0.55 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Mumbai Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 26% | |||
| 1972 B | 7 895 | $ 16 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Mumbai Mint; narrow space to rim, 9 mm "10"; Proof | 0.7% | ||||||||||
| 1973 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.21 | $ 0.58 | $ 0.64 | $ 0.88 | $ 0.88 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Calcutta Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 18% | |||||
| 1973 * | $ 0.09 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Hyderabad Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 3% | |||||||||||
| 1973 ♦ | $ 0.20 | $ 0.20 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.44 | $ 0.44 | $ 0.44 | $ 0.58 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Mumbai Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 19% | |||||
| 1973 B |
|
7 567 | $ 24 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Mumbai Mint; narrow space to rim, 9 mm "10"; Proof | 1.1% | |||||||||
| 1974 | $ 0.01 | $ 0.01 | $ 0.30 | $ 0.30 | $ 0.30 | $ 0.41 | $ 0.74 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Calcutta Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 14% | |||||
| 1974 * | $ 0.67 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Hyderabad Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 3% | |||||||||||
| 1974 ♦ | $ 0.19 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.33 | $ 0.33 | $ 0.39 | $ 1.10 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Mumbai Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 16% | ||||||
| 1975 | 298 830 000 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.14 | $ 0.14 | $ 0.37 | $ 0.64 | $ 0.93 | $ 1.20 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Calcutta Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 7% | ||||
| 1975 ♦ | $ 0.56 | $ 0.56 | $ 0.67 | $ 0.76 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Mumbai Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 6% | ||||||||
| 1976 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.32 | $ 0.52 | $ 1.50 | $ 2.10 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Calcutta Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 5% | |||||||
| 1977 | $ 0.27 | $ 2.70 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Calcutta Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 2% | ||||||||||
| 1977 ♦ | 25 288 000 | $ 0.87 | $ 2.00 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Mumbai Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 3% | |||||||||
| 1978 | $ 0.22 | $ 1.10 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Calcutta Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 3% | ||||||||||
| 1978 * | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Hyderabad Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 1.8% | ||||||||||||
| 1978 ♦ | 48 215 000 | $ 0.94 | $ 1.10 | KM# 27.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Mumbai Mint; narrow space to rim; 9 mm "10" | 3% | |||||||||
| 1979 | KM# 27.2Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Calcutta Mint; Obverse: narrow space to rim. Reverse:large space to rim; 8 mm "10" | 1.2% | ||||||||||||
| 1979 * | $ 0.24 | $ 0.53 | $ 0.92 | KM# 27.2Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Hyderabad Mint; Obverse: narrow space to rim. Reverse:large space to rim; 8 mm "10" | 2% | |||||||||
| 1979 ♦ | $ 0.21 | $ 0.40 | $ 0.61 | $ 0.61 | $ 0.61 | $ 0.61 | KM# 27.2Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Mumbai Mint; Obverse: narrow space to rim. Reverse:large space to rim; 8 mm "10" | 6% | ||||||
| 1980 | $ 0.69 | KM# 27.2Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 2; Calcutta Mint; Obverse: narrow space to rim. Reverse:large space to rim; 8 mm "10" | 2% | |||||||||||
| 1980 | $ 0.58 | $ 0.71 | $ 1.00 | $ 2.10 | KM# 27.3Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 3; Calcutta Mint; large space to rim; 8 mm "10" | 4% | ||||||||
| 1980 * | $ 0.10 | KM# 27.3Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 3; Hyderabad Mint; large space to rim; 8 mm "10" | 3% | |||||||||||
| 1980 ♦ | $ 0.80 | $ 0.91 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.20 | KM# 27.3Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 3; Mumbai Mint; large space to rim; 8 mm "10" | 5% | ||||||||
| 1981 | KM# 27.3Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 3; Calcutta Mint; large space to rim; 8 mm "10" | 3% | ||||||||||||
| 1981 ♦ | $ 0.20 | $ 0.50 | $ 0.50 | $ 0.52 | $ 0.55 | KM# 27.3Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 3; Mumbai Mint; large space to rim; 8 mm "10" | 5% | |||||||
| 1982 | $ 0.75 | $ 1.60 | KM# 27.3Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 3; Calcutta Mint; large space to rim; 8 mm "10" | 4% | ||||||||||
| 1982 * | $ 0.28 | $ 0.28 | $ 0.41 | $ 0.52 | KM# 27.3Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Type 3; Hyderabad Mint; large space to rim; 8 mm "10" | 3% | ||||||||
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| Pictures | Sale | Date | Version | Grade | Sold price | |
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Katz Auction 152 Lot 1849 
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8 Mar 2025 | 1973 B – KM# 27.1 – Type 2; Mumbai Mint; narrow space to rim, 9 mm "10"; Proof | UNC |
USD 28.90
(EUR 25.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 146 Lot 2979
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14 Dec 2024 | 1973 B – KM# 27.1 – Type 2; Mumbai Mint; narrow space to rim, 9 mm "10"; Proof | UNC |
USD 24.28
(EUR 21.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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