Coinage (Issue Of Commemorative Coin On The Occasion Of 75Th Anniversary
Of Constitution) Rules, 2024
[20th
November 2024]
PREAMBLE
In exercise of the powers
conferred by clauses (d) and (e) of sub-section (2) of section 24 of the
Coinage Act, 2011(11 of 2011), the Central Government hereby makes the
following rules, namely: -
Rule 1. Short title and commencement.
(1)
These rules may be called the Coinage (Issue
of Commemorative Coin on the occasion of 75th Anniversary of Constitution)
Rules, 2024.
(2)
They shall come into force on the date of
their publication in the Official Gazette.
Rule 2. Denomination of coin.
The coin of Seventy Five
Rupees denomination shall only be coined at the Mint for issue under the
authority of the Central Government to commemorate on the occasion of 75th
Anniversary of Constitution.
Rule 3. Dimension and composition of coin.
The denomination of the coin
mentioned in rule 2 shall conform to the following dimensions and composition,
namely: -
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Denomination of the coin
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Shape and outside diameter
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Number of serrations
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Metal composition
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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(4)
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Seventy Five Rupees
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Circular 44 millimeter
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200
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Quaternary Alloy
Silver - 50 per cent.
Copper - 40 per cent.
Nickel - 05 per cent.
Zinc - 05 per cent.
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Rule 4. Design.
The design of the coin shall
be as specified in the First Schedule annexed to these rules.
Rule 5. Standard weight and remedy allowed.
The standard weight of the
coin of denomination referred in rule 2 to commemorate the occasion of 75th
Anniversary of Constitution and the remedy allowed in making of such coin shall
be as specified in the Second Schedule annexed to these rules.
FIRST
SCHEDULE
(See
Rule 4)
SEVENTY
FIVE RUPEES
OBVERSE:
This face of the coin shall
bear the Lion Capitol of Ashoka Pillar in the centre with the legend
"xxx" inscribed below, flanked on the left periphery with the word
"xxx" in Devnagri script and on the right periphery with the word
"INDIA" in English. It shall also bear the Rupee symbol
"xxx" and denominational value "75" in the international numerals
below the Lion Capitol.
REVERSE:
This face of coin shall bear
the image of upper portion of Parliament Building in the centre of the coin.
The inscription "xxx" shall be written in Devnagari script on the
upper periphery and the inscription "75TH ANNIVERSARY OF
CONSTITUTION" in English shall be depicted on the lower periphery of the
coin. The year "1949" on left side and the year "2024" on
right side of the coin shall be written in international numerals.
Second
Schedule
(See
Rule 5)
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Denomination of the coin
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Standard weight
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Remedy allowed
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In composition
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In standard weight
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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(4)
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Seventy Five Rupees
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35 Grams
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1/500th plus or minus for Silver, that is to say the
Silver content may vary from 498 to 502 per 1000.
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1/100th plus or minus, that is to say weight could be
34.65 grams to 35.35 grams.
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