1985 25 Paise Coin Value

The catalogue records 7 catalogued varieties of the 25 Paise for 1985, struck at Bombay (Mumbai Mint), Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint), Hyderabad Mint, Ottawa.

Is the 1985 one the rare one?

Partly. Of the 7 varieties struck that year the catalogue separates 4 Scarce from the rest. Which one you have depends on the mint mark, not the year alone.

Every 1985 variety, by mint

Mint	Rarity	Metal	Weight	Diameter	Thickness	UNC (catalogue)
Bombay (Mumbai Mint)	Scarce	Copper – Nickel	2.5 grams	19.00 mm	1.2 mm	not priced
Bombay (Mumbai Mint)	Scarce	Copper – Nickel	2.50 grams	19.00 mm		₹250
Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint)	Scarce	Copper – Nickel	2.50 grams	19.00 mm		₹250
Hyderabad Mint	Scarce	Copper – Nickel	2.50 grams	19.00 mm		₹250
Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint)	Common	Copper – Nickel	2.5 grams	19.00 mm	1.2 mm	not priced
Hyderabad Mint	Common	Copper – Nickel	2.5 grams	19.00 mm	1.2 mm	not priced
Ottawa	Common	Copper – Nickel	2.5 grams	19.00 mm	1.2 mm	not priced

Check it against your own coin

The 1985 varieties do not all weigh the same, which makes a kitchen scale the fastest way to tell them apart: the table above gives the weight and diameter for each. Match the weight first, then the mint mark.

Weigh it on any scale that reads to a tenth of a gram, and measure the diameter across the widest point. Wear removes very little weight, so a coin more than a few percent off the figure above is usually a different issue rather than a worn one.

Reading the mint mark on your coin

The mark sits under the year. A star is Hyderabad, a diamond or dot is Mumbai, a solid dot is Noida, and no mark at all is Kolkata. On a 1985 25 Paise that mark is the whole question, because the year on its own does not separate one variety from another.

What it is worth

3 of the 7 varieties carry a reference price, at ₹250 in uncirculated condition. A coin that spent years in circulation is not that coin.

Every other year and denomination is catalogued here, and this explains how selling actually works.