Rs. 20 coin launched by PM Modi

March 7: Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today, released new coins including Rs 20 coin at a function at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, where visually impaired children were specially invited. The new series of coins are visually impaired friendly. Rs 1, Rs 2, Rs 5, Rs 10 and Rs 20 are the various denominations of coins released as part of the new series. The Prime Minister said that the new series of coins will facilitate the visually impaired, and will instill them with confidence. Union Minister for Finance, Shri Arun Jaitley and Minister of State for Finance, Shri Pon Radhakrishnan were also present at the event.

National Institute of Design has prepared the design of the coins while Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited and the Ministry of Finance played the key role in the introduction of new coins. The coins are characterized by the increasing size and weight from lower to higher denominations. The newly included coin of Rs 20, will be a 12 sided coin with no serrations. The rest of the denominations would be of the round shape.

OBVERSE:  The face of the coin shall bear the Lion Capitol of Ashoka Pillar with the legend ‘Satyamev Jayate’ in Hindi inscribed below,  flanked on the left periphery with the word ‘Bharat’ in Hindi and on the right periphery with the word “INDIA” in English.

REVERSE: The face of the coin shall bear denominational value “20” in the international numerals. The Rupee symbol shall be shown above the denominational value. The design of grains depicting the agricultural dominance of the country is flanked on the left periphery of the coin. The top right and bottom right peripheries shall bear the word ‘Bees Rupaye’ in Hindi and “TWENTY RUPEES” in English. The year of minting in international numerals shall be shown in the centre of the left periphery of the coin.