| Issuer | India |
| Year | 1957-1963 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 5 Paise (0.05 INR) |
| Currency | Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 4.05 g |
| Dimensions | |
| Thickness | 1.67 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Square with rounded corners Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#16 |
| Obverse description | Ashoka Lion Capital |
| Obverse script | |
| Obverse lettering | भारत INDIA |
| Reverse description | Denomination, date below `Rupye Ka Beeswa Bhaag` (twentieth of a rupee), `Naye Paise` (new paise) in Devanagari NOTE: Different mintmarks ♦ (small dot/diamond) = Mumbai (no mintmark) = Calcutta * (five-pointed star) = Hyderabad ⟐ (incuse dot in diamond = Hyderabad) |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | रुपये का बीसवाँ भाग 5 नये पैसे 1962 |
| Edge | Smooth |
| Mint | Kolkata / Calcutta / Murshidabad, India (1757-date) * Hyderabad, India(1803-date) ♦ Mumbai / Bombay, India(1829-date) ⟐ Hyderabad, India(1803-date) |
| Mintage | 1957 - - 1957 ♦ - - 227 210 000 1958 - - 1958 ♦ - - 214 320 000 1959 - - 1959 ♦ - - 137 105 000 1960 - - 1960 ♦ - - 93 345 000 1960 ♦ - Proof - 1960 ⟐ - - 1961 - - 1961 ♦ - - 197 620 000 1961 ♦ - Proof - 1961 ⟐ - - 1962 - - 1962 ♦ - - 224 277 000 1962 ♦ - Proof - 1962 ⟐ - - 1963 - - 1963 * - - 1963 ♦ - - 332 600 000 1963 ♦ - Proof - |
| Catalog ID | 9807169690 |
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