After Indian independence, British Indian coins were in use as a frozen currency until India

became a republic in 1950. The first rupee coins of the Republic of India were minted in
1950. These included 1/2 rupee, 1/4 rupee, 2 anna, 1 anna, 1/2 anna & 1 pice coins, and are
referred to as the anna series or pre-decimal coinage. Under the anna series, one rupee was
divided into 16 annas or 64 pice, with each anna equal to 4 pice.

In 1957, India shifted to the decimal system, though for a short period of time, both decimal
and non-decimal coins were in circulation. To distinguish between the two pice coins in
circulation, the coins minted between 1957 and 1964 were printed with the legend “Naya
Paisa” (“New Paisa”). The denominations in circulation were 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50 (naya)
paisa and one rupee. Since rupees retained their pre-decimal value, pre-decimal coins of
one, half and quarter rupees remained in circulation after decimalisation.

The word "naya" was dropped in 1964 and a new denomination, the 3 paisa, was introduced
into circulation. A 20 paisa coin was minted in 1968. Neither of these coins gained much
popularity. The 1, 2 and 3 paisa coins were phased out gradually in the 1970s. In 1982, a new
2 rupee coin was introduced experimentally to replace 2 rupee notes. The 2 rupee coin was
not minted again till 1990, after which it was minted every following year.

Stainless steel coinage of 10, 25 and 50 paisa was introduced in 1988. In 1992, a new stainless
steel rupee coin, smaller and lighter than the older rupee, was minted, alongside a 5 rupee
Cupronickel coin.

In 2005, the 10 rupee coin was minted for the first time. Higher denomination coins were
introduced due to an increasing demand for change and the increasing cost of printing 2, 5
and 10 rupee banknotes.

On 30 June 2011, all coins in denominations of 25 paisa and below were officially
demonetised.

Commemorative coins in circulation can be found in various denominations. They depict

various special events or people, including Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira
Gandhi, B. R. Ambedkar, Rajiv Gandhi, Dnyaneshwar, the 1982 Asian Games, Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel, Subhas Chandra Bose, Sri Aurobindo, Chittaranjan Das, Chhatrapati
Shivaji, the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Bhagat Singh and Rabindranath Tagore.
 George VI series (Independent India) (1947-1950)
001 1 pice (BRZ) Hole coin (1943-1947) Round crown
002 1 pice (BRZ) Hole coin (1943-1947) Flat crown
003 1 pice (BRZ) Hole coin (1943-1947) High crown
004 ½ Anna (NKL-BRS) (1942-1945)
005 ½ Anna (CPR-NKL) (1946-1947)
006 1 Anna (NKL-BRS) (1942-1945)
007 1 Anna (CPR-NKL) (1938-1941) (1946-1947)
008 2 Anna (NKL-BRS) (1942-1945)
009 2 Anna (CPR-NKL) (1939-1941)(1946-1947)
 010 ¼ Rupee (NKL) (1945)
011 ½ Rupee (NKL) (1946-1947)
012 1 Rupee (NKL) (1947)
Republic of India pre-decimalization series (1950-1957)
013 1 Pice (BRZ), Thick coin (1950)
 014 1 Pice (BRZ), Thin coin (1950-1955)
015 ½ Anna(CPR-NKL) (1950,1954-1955)
016 1Anna(CPR-NKL) (1950,1954-1955)
017 2 Anna(CPR-NKL) (1950,1954-1955)
 018 ¼ Rupee (NKL) (1950-1951,1954-1956)
019 ½ Rupee (NKL), Dots after “government ” & “of” (1950-1951,1954-1955)
020 ½ Rupee (NKL), Dots after “government ” & “of” removed (1956)
021 1 Rupee (NKL) (1950,1954)
Naya Paise series (1957-1963)
022 1 Naya paise (BRZ) (1957-1961)
023 1 Naya paise (NKL-BRS)(1962-1963)
024 2 naya paise (CPR-NKL )(1957-1963)
025 5 naya paise (CPR-NKL )(1957-1963)
 026 10 naya paise (CPR-NKL)(1957-1963)
027 25 naya paise (NKL)(1957-1963)
028 50 naya paise (NKL) (1960-1963) *
029 1 rupee (NKL) (1962,1970)
Series I (1964-1980)
030 1 paise (NKL-BRS ), prefix “ Naya” dropped(1964)
031 2 paise (CPR-NKL ), prefix “ Naya ” dropped(1964)
032 5 paise (CPR-NKL ), prefix “ Naya” dropped(1964-1966)
033 5 paise (ALM)(1967-1971)
034 10 paise (CPR-NKL) , prefix “ Naya ” dropped(1964-1967)
035 10 paise (ALM-BRZ)(1968-1971)
 036 25 paise (NKL), prefix “naya” dropped(1964)
037 25 paise (NKL), Numerical 25 smaller, “pachchis paise” modified (1965-
1968)
038 50 paise (NKL) , prefix “naya” dropped (1964)
039 50 paise (NKL), numerical ‘50’ in small (1967-1971)
Series II (1964-1983)
040 1 paise (ALM) (1965-1972)
 041 2 paise (ALM)(1965-1979)
042 3 paise (ALM)(1964-1971)
 043 5 paise (ALM), Large numerical 5, Thick coin(1972-1983)
 044 10 paise (ALM), bigger coin (1971-1982)
 045 20 paise (ALM-BRZ)(1968-1971)
 046 25 paise (CPR-NKL)(1972-1990)
 047 50 paise (CPR-NKL) (1972-1973)
 048 1 rupee (CPR-NKL), Bigger coin (1975-1982)
Series III (1982 onwards)
 049 5 paise (ALM), “Satyameva Jayate” added, Thin coin(1984-1994)
 050 10 paise (ALM), smaller coin(1983-`1993)
 051 20 paise (ALM)(1982-1997)
 052 50 paise (CPR-NKL), wide border leaf design (1984-1990)
 053 1 rupee (CPR-NKL), Smaller coin (1982-1991)
Paise series IV (1988 onwards)
 054 10 paise (SS)(1988-1998)
10 paise (SS), “Marat” in place of “bharat” in Hindi(1988-1989)
 25 paise (SS), Rhino issue (1988-2002)
 50 paise (SS), Design- map & parliament(1988-2003, 2007)
 1 Rupee (SS) (1992-2004)
 1 Rupee (SS), “Ja” in “Jayate” is different (2002,2003 Mumbai mint)
2 Rupee (CPR-NKL), Bigger coin, theme: National Integration (1990)
 2 Rupee (CPR-NKL), Smaller coin, Hen-decagonal shape (11 sided),
theme: National Integration (1992-2004)
 5 Rupee (CPR-NKL), Theme: Ashoka Piller (1992-2004)
Unity & Diversity series (2004)
 1 Rupee (SS), Theme: Unity & Diversity Design: Cross (2004-2006)
 2 Rupee (SS), Theme: Unity & Diversity Design: Cross (2005-2007)
5 Rupee (SS) (2007)*

Hasta Mudra (2007)

 50 paise (SS), Design: Clenched Fist (2008-2010)
 1 Rupee (SS), Design: One Finger (2007-2011)
 1 Rupee (SS), die with line and nails in finger (2007,2008,2010 Hyderabad
mint)*
 2 Rupee (SS), Theme: Ntriya Mudra, Design: Two fingers (2007-2011)
2007-2010 Common Circulation coin for 5 & 10 Rupee
 5 Rupee (SS), Theme: IT & connectivity , Design: Wave, (2007-2008)
 10 Rupee (Bi-metallic CPR-NKL center & ALM-BRZ ring ) (2008-2010)
 5 Rupee (NKL-BRS) (2009-2010)
2011 with new Rupee Symbol (₹)
 10 Rupee (Bi-metallic CPR-NKL center & ALM-BRZ ring) (2011- )
 5 Rupee (Bi-metallic CPR-NKL center & ALM-BRZ ring) (2011- )
 1 Rupee (SS) (2011- )
 2 Rupee (SS) (2011- )
 50 paise (SS) (2011- )
Foreign mint coin
 1 Rupee (1985) Royal mint London(U.K)
 1Rupee (1985) Heaton Press mint (U.K)
 10 Paise (1988) Royal Canadian Mint
 25 Paise (1985,1988) Royal Canadian Mint
50 Paise (1988) Royal Canadian Mint
 1 Rupee (1997) Mexico City Mint
2 Rupee (1997, 1998) Seoul mint (South Korea)

50 Paise (1985)Teugu mint (Slovakia Republic)

 1 Rupee (1998-2001) (Kremnca mint Slovakia Republic)
 2 Rupee (1998) Pretoria mint (S Africa)
 2 Rupee (1999) Tower mint (U.K)
 2 Rupee (2000) Moscow mint (Russia)
 5 Rupee (2000) Moscow mint (Russia)
5 Paise Commemorative coin India
 Food and work for all (ALM) (1976)
 Save for development (ALM) (1977)
 Food & shelter for all (ALM) (1978)
 Happy child-nation’s pride (ALM) (1979)
10 Paise Commemorative coin India
 Planned families-food for all (ALM) (1974)
 Equality development peac (ALM) (1975)
Food &work for all (ALM) (1976)
Save for development (ALM) (1977)
 Food & shelter for all (ALM) (1978)
 Happy child-nation’s pride (ALM) (1979)
 Rural woman’s advancement (ALM) (1980)
 World food day (ALM) (1981)
 IX Asian games Delhi (ALM) (1982)
World food day (ALM) (1982)

20 Paise Commemorative coin India

 Mahatma Gandhi (ALM-BRZ) (1969)
 Food for all (ALM-BRZ) (1970)
 World food day (ALM) (1982)
 Fishers (ALM) (1983)
25 Paise Commemorative coin India
Rural woman’s advancement (CPR-NKL) (1980)
World food day (CPR-NKL) (1981)
IX Asian games Delhi (CPR-NKL) (1982)
Forestry for development (CPR-NKL) (1985)
50 Paise Commemorative coin India
 Jawaharlal Nehru English (NKL) (1964)
 Jawaharlal Nehru Hindi (NKL) (1964)
 Mahatma Gandhi (NKL) (1969)
 25th Anniversary of independence (CPR-NKL) (1972)
 Grow more food (CPR-NKL) (1973)
 National integration (CPR-NKL) (1982)
 Reserve Bank of India golden jubilee (CPR-NKL) (1985)
 Indira Gandhi (CPR-NKL) (1985)
 Fishers (CPR-NKL) (1986)
 50th Year of Independence (SS) (1997)
1 Rupee Commemorative coin India
Jawaharlal Nehru (NKL) (1964)
Mahatma Gandhi (NKL) (1969)
International youth yerar (CPR-NKl) (1985)
Small farmers (CPR-NKL) (1987)
Rainfed Farming (FAO) (CPR-NKL) (1988)
Jawaharlal Nehru centenary (CPR-NKL) (1989)
Food & environment (World food day) (CPR-NKL) (1989)
Dr. B.R Ambedkar centenary (CPR-NKL) (1990)
15 years of I.C.D.S (CPR-NKL) (1990)
Care for the girl child (CPR-NKL) (1990) (SAARC year)
Food for the future (CPR-NKL) (1990)
 Rajiv Gandhi (CPR-NKL) (1991)
C’wealth parliamentary conference (CPR-NKL) (1991)
Tourism year (CPR-NKL) (1991)
Quit India movement (Golden jubilee) (CPR-NKL) (1992)
 Food & nutrition (World food day) (CPR-NKL) (1992)
89th inter parliaunion conference (CPR-NKL) (1993)
International year of the family (SS) (1994)
8th world Tamil conf. (Saint Thiruvalluvar) (SS) (1995)
 Cellular jail (Port Blair) (SS) (1997)
 Saint Dnyaneshwar (SS) (1999)
Lok Nayak Jayprakash Narayan centenary (SS) (2002)
 Maharana Pratap (SS) (2003)
Veer Durgadas (SS) (2003)
 150 years of India post (SS) (2004)
Reserve Bank of India Platinum jubilee 1935-2010 (SS) (2010)
2 Rupee Commemorative coin India
 National integration (CPR-NKL) (1982)
 IX Asian games (Delhi) (CPR-NKL) (1982)
Small family Happy family (CPR-NKL) (1993)
Bio diversity (World Food day) (CPR-NKL) (1993)
 Water for life (World Food day) (CPR-NKL) (1994)
 Agri expo – 95 (CPR-NKL) (1995)
8th Tamil conf. (St. Thiruvalluvar) (CPR-NKL) (1995)
 Sardar Vallbhbhai Patel (CPR-NKL) (1996)
Subhas Chandra Bose (CPR-NKL) (1996)
 Subhas Chandra Bose (CPR-NKL) (1997)
Sri Aurobindo (All life is yoga) (CPR-NKL) (1998)
Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das (CPR-NKL) (1998)
Chhatrapati Shivaji (CPR-NKL) (1999)
 Supreme Court of India (CPR-NKL) (2000)
Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukharjee (CPR-NKL) (2001)
Sant Tukaram (CPR-NKL) (2002)
Railways 150 glorious years (CPR-NKL) (2003)
Indian air force platinum jubilee (SS) (2007)
 Louis Braille (SS) (2009)
 RBI platinum jubilee (SS) (2010)
 XIX commonwealth games Delhi (SS) (2010)
5 Rupee Commemorative coin India
 Indira Gandhi (CPR-NKL) (1984)
 Jawaharlal Nehru (CPR-NKL) (1989)
World of work (CPR-NKL) (1994)
 50th anniversary of United Nation (CPR-NKL) (1995)
 Food & agriculture organization (CPR-NKL) (1995)
 8th World Tamil conf. St. Thiruvalluvar (CPR-NKL) (1995)
Mother’s health is child’s health (CPR-NKL) (1996)
2nd International Science Congress (CPR-NKL) (1996)*
 Bhagwan Mahavir (CPR-NKL) (2001)
 Dadabhai Naoroji (CPR-NKL) (2002)
 K. Kamraj (CPR-NKL) (2004)
Lalbahadur Shastri birth centenary (CPR-NKL) (2004)
 Lalbahadur Shastri birth centenary (SS) (2004)
75 years of Dandhi march (CPR-NKL) (2005)
 75 years of Dandhi march (SS) (2005)
Mahatma Basaveshwar (CPR-NKL) (2006)
Mahatma Basaveshwar (SS) (2006)
Jagath guru sree Narayan Gurudev (CPR-NKL) (2006)
Jagath guru sree Narayan Gurudev (SS) (2006)
 State Bank of India (SS) (2006)
 ONGC 50 celebrating India (SS) (2006)
150th birth Anniv. Of Bal Gangadhar Tilakji (CPR-NKL) (2007)*
150th birth Anniv. Of Bal Gangadhar Tilak(CPR-NKL) (2007)
150th birth Anniv. Of Bal Gangadhar Tilak (SS) (2007)
50 years of khadi & village industries comm. (CPR-NKL) (2007)
50 years of khadi & village industries comm. (SS) (2007)
150 years of the 1st war of independence (CPR-NKL) (2007)
150 years of the 1st war of independence (SS) (2007)
 Shaheed Bhagat Singh birth centenary (SS) (2007)
 Saint Alphonsa birth centenary (NKL-BRS) (2009)
 Perarignar Anna centenary 1909-1969 (NKL-BRS) (2009)
 60 years of commonwealth (NKL-BRS) (2009)
 Dr. Rajendraprasad 125 birth anniv. (NKL-BRS) (2009)
 Birth centenary of Mother Teresa (NKL-BRS) (2010)
 Reserve Bank of India Platinum Jubilee (NKL-BRS) (2010)
 C. Subramaniam birth centenary (NKL-BRS) (2010)
 1000 years of Brihadeeswarar Temple (NKL-BRS) (2010)
 XIX commonwealth games Delhi 2010 (NKL-BRS) (2010)
 Income Tax 150 years of building India (NKL-BRS) (2010)
 Rabindranath Tagore 150 birth anniv. (NKL-BRS) (2011)
 100 years of civil aviation (NKL-BRS) (2011)
 100 years of Indian Council for medical research (NKL-BRS) (2011)
 Comptroller & Auditor general of India (NKL-BRS) (2012)
60 years of the Parliament of India (NKL-BRS) (2012)
 60 years of Kolkata mint (NKL-BRS) (2012)
 Motilal Neheru 150th Birth Anniversary (NKL-BRS) (2012)
 Kuka movement 150th Birth Anniversary (NKL-BRS) (2012)
 Madan Mohan Malaviya 150th Birth Anniversary (NKL-BRS) (2012)
 Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (NKL-BRS) (2012)
 Swami Vivekananda 150th Birth Anniversary (NKL-BRS) (2013)
Maulana Abul Kalam Azaad 125th Birth Anniversary (NKL-BRS) (2013)
 Acharya Tulsi Birth Centenary (NKL-BRS) (2013)
Komagata Naru incident (NKL-BRS) (2014)
Begum Akhtar Centenary commemoration (NKL-BRS) (2014)
 Jawaharlal Neheru 125th Birth Anniversary (NKL-BRS) (2014)
175th birth anniversary of Jamsetji Tata (NKL-BRS) (2015)
Bhel’’s Golden jubilee (NKL-BRS) (2015)
Rani Gaidinliu 100th Birth Anniversary (NKL-BRS) (2015)
Golden jubilee of indo Pak war (NKL-BRS) (2015)
Biju Patnayak birth centenary (NKL-BRS) (2016)
150th anniversary of Allahabad High court(NKL-BRS) (2016)
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya (NKL-BRS) (2016)
10 Rupee Commemorative coin India
Mahatma Gandhi centenary commemoration (Silver aloy) (1969)
FAO 25th anniversary (Lotus & Sun) (silver) (1970)
25th anniversary of independence (Quaternary silver alloy) (1972)
 Homi Bhabha Birth centenary (Bi-metalic) (2009)
 Reserve Bank of India (Bi-metalic) (2010)
 60 years of perlament of India (Bi-metalic) (2012)
 Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine board (Bi-metalic) (2012)
 Diamond Jubilee of coir board of india (Bi-metalic) (2014)
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Bi-metalic) (2015)
 Swami Chinmayananda Birth centenary (Bi-metalic) (2015)
 First international day of yoga (Bi-metalic) (2015)
125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. Radhakrishnan (Bi-metalic) (2015)
3rd India-Africa Forum summit (Bi-metalic) (2015)
125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R Ambedkar (Bi-metalic) (2015)
150th Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai (Bi-metalic) (2016)
National Archieves (Bi-metalic) (2016)
Tatya Tope, 200th Birth Anniversary (Bi-metalic) (2016)
Maharana Pratap 475th birth Anniversary (Bi-metalic) (2016)
Banaras Hindu University (Bi-metalic) (2016)
500th Anniversary of Hindu Saint Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (Bi-
metalic) (2016)
Sri Jagannath Nabakalebar (Bi-metalic) (2015)
150th birth of Shrimad Rajchandra (Bi-metalic) (2017)