The 2006 five-rupee coin marked India's transition away from the cupro-nickel composition that had defined the denomination since the 1990s, with stainless steel adopted primarily to combat the widespread melting of coins for scrap — a persistent problem that had created genuine shortages of small denomination coinage in circulation across several states.
The 2006 five-rupee coin marked India's transition away from the cupro-nickel composition that had defined the denomination since the 1990s, with stainless steel adopted primarily to combat the widespread melting of coins for scrap — a persistent problem that had created genuine shortages of small denomination coinage in circulation across several states.