India 1988(b) 20 paise

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued by India 1982-97. This specimen is from the Bombay mint (note the diamond below the date). This denomination was struck simultaneously with a copper-nickel twenty-five paise. The denomination was not struck after 1997, inflation having rendered it worthless.

Recorded mintage: 125,048,000 plus more from Calcutta and Hyderabad.

Specification: 2.15 g, aluminum, 26 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 44.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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