1 Rupee Coin Value (1962–2023)

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The 1 Rupee was struck for circulation between 1962 and 2023. The reference catalogue records 178 varieties of it across 56 years and 8 mints.

What the catalogue says it is worth

Nothing above face value. Not one of the 178 varieties carries a reference price. That is not missing data. It is the catalogue saying this coin was struck in numbers large enough that an ordinary example has no collector premium, whatever year it is.

If you arrived here from a video or a post quoting lakhs for this coin, that is the honest answer to it.

The varieties it does not call common

No price, but the catalogue does grade scarcity, and here it separates 68 of the 178 varieties from the rest. These are the year-and-mint combinations worth checking your coin against.

Rarity Year Mint Metal
Super Duper Rare 1983 Hyderabad Mint Copper – Nickel
Ultra Rare 1982 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Copper – Nickel
Rare 1970 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Nickel
Rare 1971 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Nickel
Rare 1972 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Nickel
Rare 1973 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Nickel
Rare 1974 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Nickel
Rare 1983 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Copper – Nickel
Rare 1988 Noida Mint Copper – Nickel
Rare 1991 Noida Mint Copper – Nickel
Rare 2004 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1962 Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint) Nickel
Scarce 1966 Hyderabad Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1966 Noida Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1984 Hyderabad Mint Copper – Nickel
Scarce 1986 Hyderabad Mint Copper – Nickel
Scarce 1987 Hyderabad Mint Copper – Nickel
Scarce 1988 Hyderabad Mint Copper – Nickel
Scarce 1989 Hyderabad Mint Copper – Nickel
Scarce 1989 Noida Mint Copper – Nickel
Scarce 1990 Noida Mint Copper – Nickel
Scarce 1992 Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1992 Hyderabad Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1993 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1993 Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1993 Hyderabad Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1993 Noida Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1994 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1994 Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1994 Hyderabad Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1994 Noida Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1995 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1995 Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1995 Hyderabad Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1995 Noida Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1996 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 1996 Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2004 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2004 Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2004 Hyderabad Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2004 Noida Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2005 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2005 Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2005 Hyderabad Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2006 Noida Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2007 Hyderabad Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2011 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2011 Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2011 Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2011 Hyderabad Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2011 Noida Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2012 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2012 Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2012 Hyderabad Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2012 Noida Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2013 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2013 Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2013 Hyderabad Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2013 Noida Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2014 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2014 Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2014 Hyderabad Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2014 Noida Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2018 Noida Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2019 Bombay (Mumbai Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2019 Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint) Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2019 Hyderabad Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel
Scarce 2019 Noida Mint Ferratic Stainless Steel

Scarce is not the same as valuable. It means fewer were struck or fewer survived, which is a reason for a collector to look twice, not a price. The catalogue still attaches no figure to any of them.

Every year it was struck

The number beside each year is how many varieties the catalogue lists for it, counting the different mints and metals.

1962 (1)  ·  1966 (2)  ·  1970 (1)  ·  1971 (1)  ·  1972 (1)  ·  1973 (1)  ·  1974 (1)  ·  1975 (2)  ·  1976 (2)  ·  1977 (1)  ·  1978 (2)  ·  1979 (2)  ·  1980 (2)  ·  1981 (2)  ·  1982 (2)  ·  1983 (3)  ·  1984 (3)  ·  1985 (4)  ·  1986 (3)  ·  1987 (3)  ·  1988 (4)  ·  1989 (4)  ·  1990 (4)  ·  1991 (4)  ·  1992 (2)  ·  1993 (4)  ·  1994 (4)  ·  1995 (4)  ·  1996 (2)  ·  1997 (5)  ·  1998 (5)  ·  1999 (5)  ·  2000 (5)  ·  2001 (5)  ·  2002 (4)  ·  2003 (4)  ·  2004 (5)  ·  2005 (4)  ·  2006 (1)  ·  2007 (4)  ·  2008 (4)  ·  2009 (4)  ·  2010 (4)  ·  2011 (7)  ·  2012 (4)  ·  2013 (4)  ·  2014 (4)  ·  2015 (4)  ·  2016 (4)  ·  2017 (4)  ·  2018 (4)  ·  2019 (5)  ·  2020 (1)  ·  2021 (1)  ·  2022 (4)  ·  2023 (2)

How to read the mint mark

Struck at Bombay (Mumbai Mint), Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint), Hyderabad Mint, Noida Mint, Slovakia, Heaton, London, Maxico. The mark sits under the year: a diamond or dot for Mumbai, a star for Hyderabad, nothing at all for Kolkata, a solid dot for Noida. Year and mint together identify a variety; neither does it alone.

The series was struck in ferratic stainless steel, copper – nickel, nickel at different times, so weight and colour vary by year.

Where this leaves you

Every other denomination is catalogued here, and the commemorative issues are the ones that do carry prices. If you still want to part with what you have, this explains how selling actually works.