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Vintage one rupee coin fetches Rs220,000 - Khakeeh Times Online

BANGALORE - A vintage one rupee coin fetched a whopping Rs220,000 at a numismatics auction in Bangalore.

The successful bidder of the coin, which had been minted in 1960 in Bombay, had to outbid two other competitors before pocketing the proud possession during the rare numismatic auction held in Bangalore on the Independence Day on Friday.

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Ten rupee coin to be made available in India

Noida, Aug 3 (IANS) Ending a long wait, the ten rupee coin would soon become available in the market, an official source at the government mint here said.

The ten rupee coin will have a diameter greater than that of the two rupee coin. ‘The weight of the coin would be 8 gram and diameter would be 28 millimetres,’ the source said.

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