Talk:Modern Indian coins

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  • I'm still trying to find out when the first 5 Rupee coin came into circulation. Amahabal has put a date of 1985. Just want to make sure if that is circulated or uncirculated. --Viren 13:40, Feb 12, 2005 (UTC)
    • Circulated. The coin had Indira Gandhi on it, and did not have the date printed. According to the KM catalogue, 59.2 million were minted, so it must be circulated. The currently common 5 Rupee coin started in 1992. Amahabal 15:38, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Controversy over new 2-rupee coin

  • There really should be a photograph of the new 2-rupee coin so that the reader can compare it to the mediaeval Christian coin shown. To me, the cross on the 2-rupee coin doesn't look much like a Christian cross because instead of two bars crossing each other there are four, that is, two pairs of parallel bars crossing each other, like a tic-tac-toe board but with closer spacing.Bill 19:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
  • I will try to get one when I travel to India soon. Actually, the pairs of bars are really close together; it really does look like a single bar. And they meet and merge in the centre. I doubt the symbol is intended to represent a Christian cross, but whoever designed it was really careless to ignore the religious implications. I mean, if the American mints wanted to design a coin with the theme of astronomy, would a coin with a crescent moon enclosing a star be allowed to get into production? I'm really shocked that India's coin designers seemingly thought that no one would see a cross in that symbol ... whatever it is.--SohanDsouza 18:38, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
    • Personally, the bars don't seem to me to be so close that it looks like a Christian cross, but I have to say that the interpretation that the Reserve Bank says is intended doesn't exactly leap out at me either. In any case, the previous design, with a map of India, is much more attractive in my opinion. I don't know why they didn't stick with that.Bill 19:27, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
    • There is actually a new one rupee coin that matches the cross on the mediaeval Christian coin. I have seen a lesser number of such coins in circulation. The controversy if any, should actually center around this coin. It also appears that these coins were minted way back. I have the new controversial one rupee and two rupee coins minted with year 2005 though these were seen in circulation only during early 2007. It is possible that the Indian Government anticipated this backlash and hence withheld their release till 2007. The two rupee coins were released first, probably as a test case, followed by the one rupee coin.--Narsi68 (talk) 05:44, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:01, 1 January 2008 (UTC)