India 1989(b) 5 rupees

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 76180

This specimen was lot 76180 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $65. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. 5 Rupees, 1989-(B). Bombay Mint. NGC MS-65. Variety with large head. Struck to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Nehru's birth." This bust of Nehru appeared on a one rupee (KM 83), five rupees (shown here), twenty rupees (KM 244) and 100 rupees (KM 285).

Recorded mintage: unknown with a diamond plus proofs with a "B" plus more from Hyderabad (mintmark star).

Specification: 12.6 g, copper-nickel, 31.1 mm diameter, security edge.

Catalog reference: KM-151.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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• 1984-♦ 5 rupees, death of Indira Gandhi
• 1987(c) 5 paise
• 1988(c) 10 paise, aluminum
• 1988-♦ 20 paise
• 1988(c) 20 paise
• 1988(c) 25 paise
• 1989-B 100 rupees, centennial of the birth of Jawaharlal Nehru
• Coins and currency dated 1989