Coinage of the One Hundred Fifty Rupees and Five Rupees coined to Commemorate the occasion of "150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda" Rules, 2011

The Coinage of the One Hundred Fifty Rupees and Five Rupees coined to Commemorate the occasion of "150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda" Rules, 2011

Published vide Notification New Delhi, the 28th September, 2011

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Ministry of Finance

(Department of Economic Affairs)

G.S.R. 724(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 21, read with Section 7 of the Coinage Act, 1906 (3 of 1906), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely :-

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Coinage of the One Hundred Fifty Rupees and Five Rupees coined to Commemorate the occasion of "150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda" Rules, 2011.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Standard weight and remedy allowed.- Standard weight and remedy allowed on coins of certain denominations, coined to commemorate the occasion of "150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda", under the provision of Section 6 of the Coinage Act, 1906 (3 of 1906) and the remedy allowed in making of such coins shall be as specified in the Table below :-

Table

Denomination	Standard Weight	Remedy Allowed
		In Composition	In Standard Weight
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
One Hundred Fifty Rupees	35 Grams	1/500th plus or minus for Silver, that is to say, the Silver content may vary from 498 to 502 per 1000		1/100th plus or minus, that is to say, the weight per 1000 could vary from 34.35 grams to 35.65 grams.
Five Rupees	6 Grams	1/100th plus or minus for Copper and Zinc, that is to say, Copper could vary from 74% to 76% and Zinc from 19% to 21% and 1/200th plus or minus for nickel, that is to say could vary from 4.5% to 5.5%.		1/40th plus or minus that is to say, the weight could vary from 5.85 grams to 6.15 grams.