25 Paise
© Joseph Kunnappally
Features
| Issuer |
India
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Republic (1950-date)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Years | 1972-1990 |
| Value | 25 Paise (0.25 INR) |
| Currency | Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel) |
| Weight | 2.5 g |
| Diameter | 19 mm |
| Thickness | 1.2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 30 June 2011 |
| Number | N# 1633 |
| References |
KM# 49,  Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. |
Obverse
Asoka lion pedestal
NOTE: Different National Emblem Types
Type 1: Side lions toothless with 2 to 3 fur rows, short squat D in INDIA.
Type 2: Asoka lion pedestal more imposing. Side lions with 3 or 4 fur rows, more elegant D in INDIA. The shape of the D in INDIA is the easiest way to distinguish this obverse.
TYPE 3: Similar to Type 1 but 2 teeth, 4 to 5 fur rows, smaller lion head.
NOTE: redesigns of types exist, several varieties.
Scripts: Devanagari, Latin
Lettering: भारत INDIA
Reverse
Denomination above the date
Scripts: Devanagari, Latin
Lettering:
पैसे PAISE
25
1974
B
Edge
Reeded.
NOTE: 1984-86 issues of KM#49.1 have edge varieties: rounded (local blanks) or flat (Korean blanks).
Mints
| Kolkata / Calcutta / Murshidabad, India (1757-date) | |
| * | Hyderabad, India (1803-date) |
| ♦ | Mumbai / Bombay, India (1829-date) |
| B | Mumbai / Bombay, India (1829-date) |
| C | Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa, Canada (1908-date) |
Comments
Bombay mintmarks
♦ - Circulation strikes
B - Proof strikes
KM#49.1 Type 1 - lion with whiskers, faces and wheel redesigned.
KM#49.2 Type 2 - 9 mm between lions' nose tips, 15 mm across field. Bull has three legs.
KM#49.3 Type 2 - 10 mm between lion nose tips, 16-16.3 mm across field. Bull has three legs.
KM#49.4 Type 1 - central lion with bull and horse re-engraved.
KM#49.5 Type 3.
KM#49.6 Type 2 - 9-1/2 mm between lions' nose tips. Bull has four legs.
KM#49.7 Mule: Obverse of KM#48.1 Nickel issue (Lion face without whiskers) and Reverse of KM#49.1.
- The center Lion on the KM#49.4 has re-engraved mouth, chest hair and bull and horse (click on image to zoom).
1988 Calcutta mint details:
Obv. : different lions
Rev.: wide and narrow date
Detail of re-engraving KM#49.7 vs KM#49.1.
1976B Borders
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| Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||
| 1972 | $ 0.08 | $ 0.15 | $ 0.46 | 8% | KM#49.2 (Calcutta Mint) | ||||||||
| 1972 | $ 0.65 | $ 0.77 | 5% | KM#49.3 (Calcutta Mint) | |||||||||
| 1972 * | $ 0.17 | $ 0.47 | 7% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | |||||||||
| 1972 ♦ | 367 640 000 | $ 0.14 | $ 0.50 | $ 0.55 | $ 0.64 | $ 1.10 | 19% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) | |||||
| 1972 ♦ | 1.2% | KM#49.7 (Bombay Mint); mule (see comments) | |||||||||||
| 1972 B | 7 895 | 0.8% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) Proof | ||||||||||
| 1973 | $ 0.29 | $ 0.29 | $ 0.36 | $ 1.80 | 10% | KM#49.3 (Calcutta Mint) | |||||||
| 1973 * | $ 0.06 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.54 | $ 0.54 | 8% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | |||||||
| 1973 ♦ | $ 0.08 | $ 0.21 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.35 | $ 0.78 | 16% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) | |||||
| 1973 B | 7 567 | $ 8.70 | 0.9% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) Proof | |||||||||
| 1974 | $ 0.54 | $ 0.55 | 8% | KM#49.3 (Calcutta Mint) | |||||||||
| 1974 | $ 0.62 | 3% | KM#49.6 (Calcutta Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1974 * | $ 0.56 | $ 0.56 | 7% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | |||||||||
| 1974 * | $ 0.31 | 1.7% | KM#49.4 (Hyderabad mint) | ||||||||||
| 1974 ♦ | $ 0.06 | $ 0.18 | $ 0.26 | $ 0.42 | $ 0.43 | $ 0.45 | 12% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) | |||||
| 1974 ♦ | $ 0.35 | 5% | KM#49.4 (Bombay Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1974 B | 0.9% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) Proof | |||||||||||
| 1974 B | 0.4% | KM#49.4 (Bombay Mint) Proof | |||||||||||
| 1975 | $ 0.27 | $ 0.27 | $ 0.27 | $ 0.27 | $ 0.27 | 12% | KM#49.6 (Calcutta Mint) | ||||||
| 1975 * | $ 0.41 | $ 0.41 | 7% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | |||||||||
| 1975 * | $ 0.54 | 4% | KM#49.4 (Hyderabad Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1975 ♦ | 559 980 000 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.18 | $ 0.32 | $ 0.32 | $ 0.37 | $ 0.46 | 15% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) | ||||
| 1975 ♦ | 1.9% | KM#49.4 (Bombay Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1975 B | 0.6% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) Proof | |||||||||||
| 1976 | $ 0.52 | 4% | KM#49.6 (Calcutta Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1976 * | $ 0.22 | $ 0.27 | $ 0.88 | 7% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | ||||||||
| 1976 * | 2% | KM#49.4 (Hyderabad Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1976 ♦ | 30 016 000 | $ 0.21 | 4% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint); two different borders (denticles) see comments | |||||||||
| 1976 B | 0.3% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) Proof | |||||||||||
| 1977 | $ 0.54 | 5% | KM#49.1 (Calcutta Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1977 * | $ 0.11 | $ 0.24 | $ 0.24 | 9% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | ||||||||
| 1977 ♦ | 270 520 000 | $ 0.32 | $ 0.55 | 5% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) | ||||||||
| 1977 ♦ | 1.3% | KM#49.2 (Bombay Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1977 ♦ | 0.9% | KM#49.4 (Bombay Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1977 B | 0.4% | KM#49.2 (Bombay Mint) Proof | |||||||||||
| 1978 | 131 632 000 | 3% | KM#49.1 (Calcutta Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1978 * | $ 0.54 | $ 0.54 | 5% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | |||||||||
| 1978 ♦ | 1.3% | KM#49.2 (Bombay Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1978 ♦ | 1.4% | KM#49.4 (Bombay Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1978 B | 0.3% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) Proof | |||||||||||
| 1979 | 1.3% | KM#49.1 (Calcutta Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1979 * | $ 0.70 | 4% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1979 ♦ | $ 0.27 | 1.7% | KM#49.4 (Bombay Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1979 B | 0.3% | KM#49.2 (Bombay Mint) Proof | |||||||||||
| 1980 | 6 175 000 | 2% | KM#49.1 (Calcutta Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1980 * | $ 0.12 | 3% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1981 | 0.8% | KM#49.1 (Calcutta Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1981 * | $ 0.25 | $ 0.66 | 3% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | |||||||||
| 1981 ♦ | 11 048 000 | $ 0.07 | $ 0.07 | $ 0.29 | $ 0.86 | 4% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) | ||||||
| 1981 ♦ | 0.9% | KM#49.4 (Bombay Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1982 | 38 288 000 | 1.7% | KM#49.1 (Calcutta Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1982 ♦ | 0.7% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1983 | 137 488 000 | 3% | KM#49.1 (Calcutta Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1984 | 3% | KM#49.1 (Calcutta Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1984 * | 0.7% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1984 ♦ | 98 740 000 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.28 | $ 0.40 | 9% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) | ||||
| 1985 | $ 0.32 | $ 0.48 | $ 0.48 | $ 0.64 | $ 1.20 | 6% | KM#49.1 (Calcutta Mint) | ||||||
| 1985 * | $ 0.54 | 4% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1985 ♦ | 113 872 000 | $ 0.36 | 4% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) | |||||||||
| 1985 C | $ 0.18 | $ 0.39 | $ 0.39 | $ 0.40 | $ 0.41 | 17% | KM#49.1 (Ottawa Mint) | ||||||
| 1986 | $ 0.16 | $ 0.47 | 3% | KM#49.1 (Calcutta Mint) | |||||||||
| 1986 | $ 1.10 | 3% | KM#49.5 (Calcutta Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1986 * | $ 0.24 | $ 0.27 | 4% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | |||||||||
| 1986 * | 3% | KM#49.5 (Hyderabad Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1986 ♦ | 362 624 000 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.10 | $ 0.34 | $ 0.34 | $ 0.34 | $ 0.61 | $ 0.64 | 12% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) | |||
| 1986 ♦ | $ 1.80 | $ 1.80 | 4% | KM#49.5 (Bombay Mint) | |||||||||
| 1987 | 341 160 000 | $ 0.47 | 5% | KM#49.1 (Calcutta Mint) | |||||||||
| 1987 | 1.8% | KM#49.5 (Calcutta Mint; long "7") | |||||||||||
| 1987 | 2% | KM#49.5 (Calcutta Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1987 * | $ 0.27 | $ 0.27 | $ 0.35 | $ 0.66 | 8% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | |||||||
| 1987 ♦ | $ 2.00 | 3% | KM#49.1 (Bombay Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1987 ♦ | $ 0.16 | $ 0.26 | $ 0.32 | 7% | KM#49.5 (Bombay Mint) | ||||||||
| 1988 | 0.5% | KM#49.1 (Calcutta Mint; wide date) | |||||||||||
| 1988 | $ 0.67 | 3% | KM#49.5 (Calcutta Mint; narrow date) | ||||||||||
| 1988 | $ 0.42 | 2% | KM#49.5 (Calcutta Mint; wide date) | ||||||||||
| 1988 * | 303 252 000 | $ 0.18 | $ 0.18 | $ 0.18 | 5% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | |||||||
| 1988 * | $ 0.80 | 2% | KM#49.5 (Hyderabad Mint) | ||||||||||
| 1988 ♦ | $ 0.19 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.30 | $ 0.64 | 10% | KM#49.5 (Bombay Mint) | |||||||
| 1989 | 1.6% | KM#49.5 (Calcutta Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1989 * | 0.3% | KM#49.1 (Hyderabad Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1989 ♦ | $ 0.03 | $ 0.03 | 4% | KM#49.5 (Bombay Mint) | |||||||||
| 1990 | 0.8% | KM#49.5 (Calcutta Mint) | |||||||||||
| 1990 ♦ | $ 0.13 | 2% | KM#49.5 (Bombay Mint) | ||||||||||
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