Coins of India by Abhay Ghaisas

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Here is a new type stainless steel rupee coin. This was a commemorative issue for Maharana Pratap. On the obverse of the coin is the Ashoka Pillar above the numeral "1" indicating denomination. The text is around this. The text on right in English reads "RUPEE" and "INDIA". The text on left in Hindi reads "रुपया" (rupayaa, meaning rupee) and "भारत" (bhaarat, meaning India).

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Here is a stainless steel one rupee coin that celebrates the international year of the family. On the obverse, we have the standard patter of Ashoka Pillar above the numeral "1" indicating the denomination. On the right, we have the text "RUPEE" and "INDIA" in English. On the left, the same text "रुपया" (rupayaa, meaning rupee) and "भारत" (bhaarat, meaning India) is repeated in Hindi.

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The one rupee coin has also been minted in the same pattern as the new stainless steel two rupee coin. Although the shape, size, and material of the new coin is same or similar to the earlier stainless steel rupee, the new coin uses the until now strange pattern of putting the Ashoka Pillar and the numeral one that indicates denomination side-by-side on the obverse.

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This stainless steel 25 paise coin was introduced as a replacement for the earlier nickel coin for the same denomination. This happened along with replacement of the 10 paise, 50 paise, and the 1 rupee coin. On the obverse, there is the Ashoka Pillar on top of the numeral 25 that indicates the denomination.

On the reverse, we can see the Indian rhino with no other text than the minting year.

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This is 2004 coin commemorating the completion of 150 years of the India Post. On the obverse, we have the Ashoka Pillar above the numeral 1 that indicates the denomination. This is as per the standard practice for Indian coins when the Ahoka Pillar Symbol and the denomination need to be swon on the same side as the other side is being used for the subject being commemorated.

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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.