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The corporation was incorporated by taking over two security presses at Nashik and Hyderabad, two currency note presses at Dewas and Nashik, four mints at Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Noida and one security paper mill at Narmadapuram which were working under the direct administrative control of the Ministry of Finance and the Department of Economic Affairs.
The Hyderabad mint operated in Saifabad from 1950 to 1997. On 20 August 1997, the mint was shifted to its present location at Cherlapally in the city of Secunderabad, India. The facility was established with annual production capacity of 700 million coins and 950 million planchets. [2]
Mumbai Mint has a state-of-the-art gold refining facility up to 999.9. Hyderabad Mint has electrolytic silver refining facility up to 999.9. Commemorative coins are made at Mumbai and Kolkata. Kolkata and Hyderabad have facilities for making medallions, too. The Noida mint was the first in the country to mint coins of stainless steel.
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 banknotes.
The ₱20 coin received its final designs in the same month and the two coins will be released for circulation in December 2019. The 5-piso coin will have a nonagonal shape. The 20-piso coin will be bimetallic. The 20-piso coin will be the second bimetallic coin in circulation after the 10-piso coin of the New Design/BSP series. In 2020, the ...
The Hyderabadi Rupee (better known as "Osmania Sicca") was the currency of the Hyderabad State from 1918 to 1959. It co-existed with the Indian rupee from 1950. Like the Indian rupee, it was divided into 16 annas, each of 12 pai.
The new coin also has the new logo of the central bank and is legal tender with the current series. [1] On December 18, 2013, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas issued a commemorative ten-peso coin in celebration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Andres Bonifacio. The coins are in the same dimensions, but the design changed.
Like the other Indian rupee banknotes, the ₹ 1000 banknote had its value written in 17 languages. On the obverse, the denomination was written in English and Hindi . On the reverse is a language panel which displayed the denomination of the note in 15 of the 22 official languages of India , displayed in alphabetical order.