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2 Rupees Small Family - Happy Family
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Weight | 6 g |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari / Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a stylized sculptural group of four figures representing a nuclear family: a father and mother standing at center, a young girl to the left, and a small child to the right holding a bouquet of balloons, rendered in a bold, modernist low-relief style emblematic of India's family planning campaign. The peripheral legend in Devanagari script 'छोटा परिवार खुशियाँ अपार' arcs across the upper portion of the field. In the lower periphery, the bilingual motto 'SMALL FAMILY HAPPY FAMILY' in Latin script follows the contour of the flan. The date '1993' is inscribed in the lower central field beneath the family group, with a mint mark dot below. |
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The "Small Family, Happy Family" rupee series was part of a broader Indian government push to reinforce the national family planning program through everyday objects — coins, stamps, and public signage all pressed into service as messaging platforms. By the early 1990s, India's population had crossed 850 million, and the campaign carried genuine policy urgency rather than being a token gesture.
KM#124 is frequently encountered in uncirculated rolls, suggesting substantial hoarding at issue — a pattern common to thematic Indian coinage of this period.