India 1996 5 rupees KM-160

Steve Album sale 52, lot 2432

This specimen was lot 2432 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $480. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA: Republic, 5 rupees, 1996(c), 2nd International Crop Science Congress (Fasal) variety, a pleasing lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS62." KM comments, "This conference was never held." This design was restruck in 2006 with a slight variation in the Devangari legend ("fansal" instead of "fasal"). As of July 2025, 5 rupees = US$0.058.

Recorded mintage: 11,000, plus a few restrikes in 2006 ("Fansal").

Specification: 9 g, copper-nickel, 23 mm diameter, security edge.

Catalog reference: KM 160.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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• 1973-♦ 50 paise F.A.O.
• 1976-♦ 10 rupees F.A.O.
• 2001 5 rupees, regular issue
• 2001 50 rupees, centennial of the birth of Syama P. Mookerjee
• Coins and currency dated 1996