Coins of India by Abhay Ghaisas

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A new steel coin in now introduced for two rupee denomination. The design is quite unconventional for an Indian coin. The Ashoka Pillar and the numeral 2 are put up side by side when normally they are either of two sides of the coin or if they are on the same side due to a series picture being shown on the reverse, they are one below another.

On the reverse is a curious cross symbol made with double lines and four dots in the four quadrants. No idea what this symbol represents.