The coinage of Twenty Rupees and Five Rupees Coins to Commemorate the Occasion of 125th Birth Anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Rules, 2013
Published vide Notification New Delhi, the 14th October, 2013
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Ministry of Finance
(Department of Economic Affairs)
G.S.R. 686(E): - In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (d) and clause (e) of sub-section (2) of section 24 of the Coinage Act, 2011 (11 of 2011), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called "The coinage of Twenty Rupees and Five Rupees Coins to Commemorate the Occasion of "125th Birth Anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad", Rules, 2013. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. (1) The Coins of the following denominations shall be coined at the Mint for issue under the authority of the Central Government to commemorate the occasion of "125th Birth Anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad" namely:-(i) Twenty Rupees;
(ii) Five Rupees.
(2) The coins of the above denominations shall conform to the following dimensions, designs and composition, namely:-
Denomination of coin |
Shape and outside diameter |
Number of serrations |
Metal composition |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
Twenty Rupees |
Circular 39 millimeters |
180 |
Quaternary Alloy Silver - 50 percent Copper - 40 percent Nickel - 5 per cent Zinc - 5 percent |
Five Rupees |
Circular 23 milimeters |
100 |
Nickel-Brass Copper-75 percent Zinc - 20 percent Nickel - 5 percent |
Table
Denomination of coin |
Standard weight |
Remedy allowed |
|
|
|
In composition |
In standard weight |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Twenty Rupees |
30 grams |
1/500th plus or minus for silver, that is to say the Silver content may vary from 498 to 502 per 1000. |
1/100th plus or minus that is to say, the weight could vary from 29.7 grams to 30.3 grams. |
Five Rupees |
6 grams |
1/100th plus or minus for Coper and Zinc, that is to say, Coper could vary from 74 percent to 76 percent and Zinc from 19 percent to 21 percent and 1/200th plus or minus for Nickel that is to say, Nickel could vary from 4.5 percent to 5.5 percent. |
1/40th plus or minus that is to say, the weight could vary from 5.85 grams to 6.15 grams. |