| New Ferritic Stainless Steel Coins of Rs. 2 denomination with the theme " NRITYA MUDRA" |
The
Reserve Bank of India will shortly put into circulation new Ferritic Stainless
Steel Coins of Rs. 2 with the theme ' NRITYA MUDRA '. The
coins shall conform to the following dimensions, designs and compositions, namely
:
| Denomination
of the coin | Shape
and
outside
diameter | Metal
composition | |
Two
Rupees | Circular
27
millimeters
(Mono-Metallic) |
Ferritic
Stainless Steel
containing
– Iron – 83%
Chromium
– 17% |
Designs
:
TWO RUPEES OBVERSE
: This face of the coin is divided into three portions with two horizontal
lines. The centre portion shall bear the 'Lion Capitol' of Ashoka Pillar with
the legend ' mel³ecesJe pe³eles
' inscribed below. The
top portion contains word ' Yeejle
' in Hindi and 'INDIA' in English. The bottom portion contains the Year in International
Numerals. REVERSE
: This face of the coin contains visuals showing one of the ' Mudras ' of India's
most famous classical dance 'Bharat Natyam', in centre right periphery and in
centre left periphery denomination value '2' in International numerals, below
that the word '©He³es' in Hindi
and the word ' RUPEES ' in English. The
coin is a legal tender as provided in the Coinage Act, 1906. The existing Two
Rupees Coins in circulation shall also continue to be legal tender.
Ajit Prasad
Manager Press
Release : 2007-2008/187 |