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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Indian commemorative 25 paisa coins

The Republic of India has so far issued four types of commemorative 25 paise coins. All were issued between 1980 and 1985.
 
1980: Rural women's advancement:


25 paise commemorative 1980

1981: World food day:
25 paise commemorative 1981
1982: Ninth Asian games:
25 paise commemorative 1982

1985: Forestry for development:
This type comes in two varieties: minted from local blanks and minted from Korean blanks.
Flat and rounded edges
Flat edge (= Korean blank) above and rounded edge (= local blank) below on two different 25 paise coins.
25 paise commemorative 1985 Korean blank
25 paise commemorative 1985 local blank
Two varieties of the 'forestry for development' 25 paise coin: minted from Korean blank (above) and from local blank (below).
All of the five coins above display the  Ashoka sculpture.

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