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20 Paise Mahatma Gandhi
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Composition | Aluminium bronze |
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| Obverse description | The Ashoka Lion Capital, India's national emblem, is centrally positioned in the field, depicting three lions seated atop an abacus adorned with the Dharma Chakra flanked by a bull and a horse in relief. A bilingual legend arcs along the upper periphery, with 'भारत' (Bharat) to the left and 'INDIA' to the right. The denomination numeral '20' is rendered prominently in the lower field, with 'PAISE' in Latin script to its right and 'पैसे' in Devanagari to its left. A mint mark, varying by striking facility, appears at the base of the design between the denomination and the lower rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | भारत INDIA पैसे 20 PAISE |
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Issued solely in 1969 to mark the centenary of Gandhi's birth, this was never a circulating workhorse — it was a commemorative struck in quantity but with a defined commemorative mandate. The Reserve Bank of India produced two catalogued varieties, KM#42.1 and KM#42.2, distinguished by differences in the coin's die alignment and edge treatment, a minor but persistent source of confusion among collectors of modern Indian issues.
India's post-independence aluminium-bronze coinage of this period was plagued by inconsistent alloy sourcing, and surface coloration on surviving examples varies noticeably as a result.