2007-03-20 06:53:11 · 4 answers · asked by lknaidu n 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
There were more than a hundred types of rupee coins minted before 1980, like those from British India, Portuguese India, and the Indian Princely States. Majority of the older rupees until 1945 are made of silver, but to list them all here type by type with their complete metallic composition would be impossible. So let us focus from the British Indian rupees onwards. Up to 1939, rupees were minted in silver with a fineness of 91.7%, the balance being copper. From 1939 until 1945, silver fineness was reduced to 50% and the balance made up of copper as well. The last rupee from the British India dated 1947 was minted in pure nickel. Rupee coins from the Indian Republic before 1980 were made of nickel initially from 1962 till 1974, then changed to a composition of copper and nickel until 1991, and they were replaced by stainless steel metal from 1992 onwards.
2007-03-23 23:20:53 · answer #1 · answered by silverpet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nickel metal Coposition
2007-03-20 07:32:59 · answer #2 · answered by veeru 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi! I think someone already answer your question. I just want to give you an advice not to clean that coin. It is hard to find a good coin nowadays.
2016-03-29 08:41:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nickel
2007-03-21 00:36:53 · answer #4 · answered by Sidd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋