5 Rupees Indian Council of Medical Research

Features

Issuer	India
Ruling authority	Republic (1950-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2011
Value	5 Rupees 5 INR = USD 0.06
Currency	Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date)
Composition	Nickel brass
Weight	6 g
Diameter	23 mm
Thickness	1.9 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 28577
References	KM# 396 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). , Schön# 372 Battenberg (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (3 volumes).

Commemorative issue

100th Anniversary of Indian Council of Medical Research

Obverse

Lion capitol of Ashoka Pillar, value below

Lettering:
भारत INDIA
सत्यमेव जयते
₹ 5

Translation: Truth alone triumphs

Reverse

Central circle contains object with banner below. Legend in Devanagari outside circle: Bharatiya Ayurvignyan Anusandhan Parishad, Shatabdi Varsh, dates below circle.
Sanskrit lettering on banner, in Devanagari script: Parikshya Kaarinohi Kushalabhavanti

NOTE: Different mintmarks
♦ (small dot/diamond) = Mumbai
* (five-pointed star) = Hyderabad
(no mintmark) = Calcutta

Lettering:
भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान अनुसंधान परिषद , शताब्दी वर्ष
परीक्ष्य कारिणोहि कुशलाभवन्ति (on banner)
1911 - 2011
INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH - CENTENARY YEAR

Translation: On banner - "Research brings success(or skill or resources)"

Edge

Reeded

Mints

	Kolkata / Calcutta / Murshidabad, India (1757-date)
●	Noida, India (1988-date)
★	Hyderabad, India (1803-date)
♦	Mumbai / Bombay, India (1829-date)
M	Mumbai / Bombay, India (1829-date)

Comments

- The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest medical research bodies in the world.
- There are lion varieties for coins minted in Kolkata (see below)

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Date	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (2011)	$ 0.37	$ 0.37	$ 0.37	$ 0.48	$ 0.64		24%
ND (2011) ●		$ 0.28	$ 0.28	$ 0.36	$ 0.44		20%
ND (2011) ★	$ 0.07	$ 0.21	$ 0.21	$ 0.52	$ 5.80		25%
ND (2011) ♦	$ 0.13	$ 0.39	$ 0.39	$ 0.75	$ 0.75		53%
ND (2011) M						Proof	0.7%

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