5 Rupees Acharya Tulsi birth centenary

Features

Issuer	India
Ruling authority	Republic (1950-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2013
Value	5 Rupees 5 INR = USD 0.06
Currency	Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date)
Composition	Nickel brass
Weight	6 g
Diameter	23.00 mm
Thickness	1.90 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 59014
References	KM# 431 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). , Schön# 391 Battenberg (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (3 volumes).

Commemorative issue

Acharya Tulsi Birth Centenary

Obverse

Lion Capital of Ashoka Pillar (fat version pictured), value below beside rupee symbol

Lettering:
भारत INDIA
सत्यमेव जयते
₹ 5

Translation:
India India
5 Rupees

Reverse

The bust of Acharya Tulsi a Jain Monk wearing a protective covering on his mouth as part of his nonviolent religion to avoid harming bacteria in water and air

Lettering:
आचार्य तुलसी जन्म शताब्दी
1914-2013
ACHARYA TULSI BIRTH CENTENARY

Translation:
Acharya Tulsi Birth Centenary
1914-2013
Acharya Tulsi Birth Centenary

Edge

Reeded

Mints

	Kolkata / Calcutta / Murshidabad, India (1757-date)
*	Hyderabad, India (1803-date)
°	Noida, India (1988-date)
♦ (Business Strike)	Mumbai / Bombay, India (1829-date)
M (Proof)	Mumbai / Bombay, India (1829-date)

Comments

The Mumbai mint has 2 variants, large and small lion.

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Date	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2013		$ 0.43	$ 0.43	$ 1.40	$ 1.40	(fr) Kolkata	24%
2013 *		$ 0.63	$ 0.63	$ 0.63	$ 0.63	(fr) Hyderabad	24%
2013 °		$ 0.07	$ 0.51	$ 0.51	$ 0.51	(fr) Noida	13%
2013 ♦		$ 0.40	$ 0.40	$ 1.10	$ 1.50	large lion	38%
2013 ♦	$ 0.52	$ 0.52	$ 0.66	$ 0.66	$ 0.75	small lion	29%
2013 M					$ 25	Proof	4%

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