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Rs 20 coins released by Modi today

Finance ministry has announced the introduction of new coins including Rs 20 coin which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. 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 circulation coins with various differentiating features will greatly aid the visually impaired. The new series of coins will facilitate the visually impaired, and will install them with confidence, PM said.

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.

The face of the coin shall bear the Lion Capitol of Ashoka Pillar with the legend ‘Satyamev Jayate’ in Hindi inscribed below.

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.