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2 Rupees 19th Commonwealth Games - Delhi 2010
| Issuer | Government of India |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari/Latin |
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India issued a wave of commemorative circulation coins ahead of the Delhi Games, this 2-rupee piece among them. The 2010 Commonwealth Games were the first held in India and only the second in Asia, but the lead-up was marked by severe organizational failures — incomplete venues, a collapsed footbridge at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium just days before the opening, and a dengue fever outbreak that prompted several athlete delegations to initially refuse accommodation in the athletes' village.
The coins entered circulation regardless, indifferent to the chaos surrounding the event they commemorate.