2005 5 Rupees Coin Value
The catalogue records 2 catalogued varieties of the 5 Rupees for 2005, struck at Bombay (Mumbai Mint).
Is the 2005 one the rare one?
Partly. Of the 2 varieties struck that year the catalogue separates 1 Rare from the rest. Which one you have depends on the mint mark, not the year alone.
Every 2005 variety, by mint
| Mint | Rarity | Metal | Weight | Diameter | Thickness | UNC (catalogue) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombay (Mumbai Mint) | Rare | Copper - Nickel | 9.00 grams | 23.00 mm | ₹5,000 | |
| Bombay (Mumbai Mint) | Common | Ferratic Stainless Steel | 6.00 grams | 23.00 mm | ₹30 |
Check it against your own coin
The 2005 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 2005 5 Rupees that mark is the whole question, because the year on its own does not separate one variety from another.
What it is worth
2 of the 2 varieties carry a reference price, from ₹30 to ₹5,000 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.