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The Indian 25
coin, popularly called Chawanni is a former denomination of the
coin, popularly called Chawanni is a former denomination of the Indian rupee
The Indian rupee ( symbol: ₹; code: INR) is the official currency in the republic of India. The rupee is subdivided into 100 ''paise'' (singular: ''paisa''), though as of 2022, coins of denomination of 1 rupee are the lowest value in use wh ...
. The 25 paisa coin is worth of a rupee
Rupee is the common name for the currencies of
India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, and of former currencies of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (as the Gulf rupee), British East Africa, B ...
(1 rupee = 100 paise).
Introduction and Demonetization
The 25 Paisa coin was introduced in 1957. Prior to this, the 25 paise coin was known as the " rupee", which was equivalent to 4annas
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(1 rupee = 16 annas). On June 30, 2011, the 25 paisa and all lower denomination coins were officially demonetized
Legal tender is a form of money that Standard of deferred payment, courts of law are required to recognize as satisfactory payment for any monetary debt. Each jurisdiction determines what is legal tender, but essentially it is anything which wh ...
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Features
*Ferritic Stainless Steel
Ferritic stainless steel forms one of the five stainless steel families, the other four being austenitic, martensitic, duplex stainless steels, and '' precipitation hardened''. For example, many of AISI 400-series of stainless steels are ferritic ...
was used to mint the 25 paisa coin.
* The diameter of the coin is 19 mm.
* Weight of the coin is 2.83 g.
* In 1964-1983 the 25 paisa coin was minted in Copper-Nickel
Cupronickel or copper-nickel (CuNi) is an alloy of copper that contains nickel and strengthening elements, such as iron and manganese. The copper content typically varies from 60 to 90 percent. (Monel is a nickel-copper alloy that contains a minimu ...
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