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  • 1 Pice 1950-1955, KM# 1, India, Republic
  • 1 Pice 1950-1955, KM# 1, India, Republic
Description

Variations:

KM# 1.1 (thin rim); 1.6 mm thick, 0.3 mm edge rim
KM# 1.2 (thick rim): 1.6 mm thick, 1.0 mm edge rim
KM# 1.3: 1.2 mm thick, 0.8 mm edge rim
KM# 1.4 (larger date): 1.2 mm thick, 0.8 mm edge rim

The 1950 coins are thicker and have more weight in comparison to the rest of the years. The average weight of 1950 coins is 3.8 g

Obverse

Depicts the State Emblem of India surrounded by the inscription.

The State Emblem of India is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath, preserved in the Sarnath Museum near Varanasi, India. A representation of Lion Capital of Ashoka was officially adopted on 26 January 1950, the day that India became a republic. The emblem appears on all Indian currency.

The actual Sarnath capital features four Asiatic lions standing back to back, symbolizing power, courage, confidence and pride, mounted on a circular base. At the bottom is a horse and a bull, and at its centre is a wheel (Dharma Chakra). The abacus is girded with a frieze of sculptures in high relief of The Lion of the North, The Horse of the West, The Bull of the South and The Elephant of the East, separated by intervening wheels, over a lotus in full bloom, exemplifying the fountainhead of life and creative inspiration.

In the emblem finally adopted, only three lions are visible, the fourth being hidden from view. The wheel appears in relief in the centre of the abacus, with a bull on the right and a galloping horse on the left, and outlines of Dharma Chakras on the extreme right and left.

GOVERNMENT·OF·INDIA

Reverse

Prancing horse facing left. Date below. Mintmark (if any) under the date.

ONE PICE ★ एक पैसा
1955

Edge
Characteristics
Material Bronze
Weight 2.95 g
Diameter 21 mm
Thickness 1.14 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Alt # KM# 1.1, KM# 1.2, KM# 1.3, KM# 1.4
Mints
Calcutta Mint (no mintmark)
Hyderabad Mint (◄►)
Mumbai Mint (♦)

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