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When did India start making Anna coins?

1949 1 Anna Pattern. Baldwin’s Auctions Ltd, Auction 71, lot 1609. One year later on August 15, 1950, India released its first new coins: the Anna Series. The Anna was slightly changed from the recent 1949 pattern. The obverse was kept the same, but the reverse now displayed a zebra bull and had slightly simplified legends.

When did Anna become a currency?

The anna was demonetised as a currency unit when India decimalised its currency in 1957, followed by Pakistan in 1961. It was replaced by the 5-paise coin, which was itself discontinued in 1994 and demonetised in 2011. The term anna is frequently used to express a fraction of . Anna is derived from the Sanskrit अन्न, meaning "food".

When was the first rupee coin minted in India?

The first rupee coins of the Republic of India were minted in 1950. These included ₹1/2, ₹1/4, 2 anna, 1 anna, 1/2 anna & 1 pice coins, and are referred to as the anna series or pre-decimal coinage. Under the anna series, one rupee was divided into 16 annas or 64 pice, with each anna equal to 4 pice.

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