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1999 2 Rupee Coin Value

The catalogue records 9 catalogued varieties of the 2 Rupee for 1999, struck at Hyderabad Mint, Bombay (Mumbai Mint), Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint), Noida Mint, London Mint.

Is the 1999 one the rare one?

Partly. Of the 9 varieties struck that year the catalogue separates 3 Scarce, 1 Rare from the rest. Which one you have depends on the mint mark, not the year alone.

Every 1999 variety, by mint

MintRarityMetalWeightDiameterThicknessUNC (catalogue)
Hyderabad MintRareCopper - Nickel6.00 grams26.00 mm₹1,000
Bombay (Mumbai Mint)ScarceCopper - Nickel6.00 grams26.00 mm₹100
Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint)ScarceCopper - Nickel6.00 grams26.00 mm₹100
Noida MintScarceCopper - Nickel6.00 grams26.00 mm₹100
Bombay (Mumbai Mint)CommonCopper - Nickel6.00 grams26.00 mm1.71 mm₹20
Calcutta (Kolkatta Mint)CommonCopper - Nickel6.00 grams26.00 mm1.71 mm₹20
Hyderabad MintCommonCopper - Nickel6.00 grams26.00 mm1.71 mm₹20
London MintCommonCopper - Nickel6.00 grams26.00 mm1.71 mm₹20
Noida MintCommonCopper - Nickel6.00 grams26.00 mm1.71 mm₹20

Check it against your own coin

Every 1999 variety weighs 6.00 grams and measures 26.00 mm across. If yours is noticeably lighter or smaller it is not a 1999 2 Rupee, whatever the date reads as.

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 1999 2 Rupee that mark is the whole question, because the year on its own does not separate one variety from another.

What it is worth

9 of the 9 varieties carry a reference price, from ₹20 to ₹1,000 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.

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