The one-rupee coin, which has been in circulation since 1922, is crafted from stainless steel and has a diameter of 21.93 mm, a thickness of 1.45 mm, weighing 3,76 grams.

One rupee note and all coins are printed by the government, while notes from Rs 2 to Rs 500 are printed by the Reserve Bank of India. Times Now. How Much Does It Cost To Mint One-Rupee Coin?

Many people in India wrongly believe their 10-rupee coins are worthless, after reports of widespread counterfeiting went viral on social media. The coins are real. The news is fake.

The 10 rupee coin is about 7 grammes and is mostly copper. There's some more expensive nickel in there, a bit of less valuable aluminium but we'll not go far wrong by calling it all copper.

Armed with this knowledge, and a backpack full of 10-rupee coins and banknotes, we wanted to test spending with an experiment in the field. To really drive home that this spending affects even ...

For example, a 5 rupee coin when melted and made into 5 blades and sold for Rs 2 each, resulting in an earning of Rs 10, the intrinsic value of the metal in the coin surpasses its monetary worth.

The government today released new series coins of Rs 1, 2, 5 and 10, bearing the rupee symbol, which will be in circulation soon. A new series coin of 50 paise was also released.

Post-Independence, a new coinage system for the nation was required. While the coins were issued in 1950, in 1949 engraver Patrick Brindley designed a set of 8 coins ranging from 2 annas to 1 rupee.