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New Cupro Nickel Coin of Rs. 5 - "Jagath Guru Sree Narayana Gurudev"

The Reserve Bank of India will shortly put into circulation new Cupro Nickel coins of Rs.5 issued by Government of India to commemorate "Jagath Guru Sree Narayana Gurudev". The coins shall conform to the following dimensions, designs and compositions namely:

Denomination of
 the Coins

Shape, Weight & Outside
diameter

Metal Composition

Five Rupees

Circular with 23 mm diameter with
Security edges. Weight – 9 gms.

Cupro – Nickel Alloy
Copper – 75%
Nickel – 25%

Design:
Obverse : This face of coin of Five Rupee shall bear the Lion Capitol of Ashoka Pillar in the centre with the legendnbsp;
"mel³ecesJe pe³eles " inscribed below, flanked on the left upper periphery with the word "Yeejle" in Hindi and on the right upper periphery flanked with the word "INDIA" in English. It shall also bear the denominational value "5" in International Numerals below the Lion Capitol flanked on the left lower periphery with the word "ªhe³es" in Hindi and on the right lower periphery with the words 'RUPEES" in English. There shall be 72 dots on the periphery.

Reverse : This face of the coin shall bear the Portrait of "JAGATH GURU SREE NARAYANA GURUDEV" flanked on the left upper periphery with the words "peäeleäeg© Þer ôeeje³eCee äeg©osJe" inscribed in Hindi and on the right upper periphery "JAGATH GURU SREE NARAYANA GURUDEV" in English. There shall be 72 dots on the periphery.

Security Edge :
The edge of the coin shall be security edge and serrated on periphery. At the centre of the edge there shall be shallow groove with a design inside the two sections separated by blank spaces. This design shall consist of chain of beads in relief and each bead being followed by one inclined line in relief. There shall be total 30 lines and 30 beads.

The Five Rupee coin is a legal tender as provided in the Coinage Act, 1906. The existing Five Rupee Coins in circulation shall also continue to be legal tender.

Ajit Prasad
Manager

Press Release : 2008-2009/994

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