RBI Old Coins Price List — Circulation Coin Values

These are the coins India actually spent — the definitive and decimal series struck for circulation. The table below summarises 1,173 catalogued varieties across 26 denominations, showing the value range for each.

Circulation coinage at a glance

Denomination Years Varieties Priced Value range (UNC)
1 Rupee 1962–2023 178 0 not priced
2 Rupee 1990–2023 140 135 ₹5 – ₹2,000
50 Paise 1964–2016 127 0 not priced
25 Paise 1964–2002 121 0 not priced
5 Rupees 1992–2023 117 105 ₹10 – ₹2,000
10 Paise 1964–1998 100 0 not priced
5 Paise 1964–1994 78 22 ₹5 – ₹6,000
10 Rupees 2006–2025 65 0 not priced
20 Paise 1968–1997 36 0 not priced
2 Paise 1964–1979 28 28 ₹5 – ₹2,000
1 Paisa 1964–1972 21 21 ₹5 – ₹200
1 Naya Paisa 1957–1963 20 20 ₹5 – ₹100
3 Paise 1964–1971 18 18 ₹10 – ₹200
5 Naye Paise 1957–1963 18 18 ₹10 – ₹200
10 Naya Paise 1957–1963 16 0 not priced
20 Rupees 2020–2023 16 0 not priced
2 Naye Paisa 1957–1963 14 14 ₹10 – ₹100
One Pice 1950–1955 13 13 ₹10 – ₹25,000
25 Naye Paise 1957–1963 11 0 not priced
50 Naye Paise 1957–1963 10 0 not priced
1/4 Rupee 1950–1956 8 8 ₹15 – ₹1,000
1/2 Rupee 1950–1956 6 6 ₹15 – ₹2,000
Half Anna 1950–1955 5 5 ₹50 – ₹1,000
Two Anna 1950–1955 3 3 ₹350 – ₹50,000
One Anna 1950–1954 2 2 ₹75 – ₹800
One Rupee 1950–1954 2 2 ₹100 – ₹8,000

Read the “priced” column before anything else

Of those 1,173 varieties, only 420 carry a reference price at all. That is not missing data — it is the catalogue saying the rest trade at or near face value. For several denominations the priced count is zero, which is the honest answer to “what is my old coin worth”: for an ordinary circulating coin, very little.

How grades change the number

Coin values are quoted by grade, and the gap is larger than most people expect — the same coin can be worth a few rupees worn and several thousand uncirculated.

  • Fine — clearly circulated, finer detail worn flat.
  • Very Fine — moderate wear on high points, most detail intact.
  • Extremely Fine — light wear, sharp detail, some original lustre.
  • UNC — never spent, full original surface.

Why the mint matters

Indian coins carry a small mint mark under the year: a dot or diamond for Mumbai, a star for Hyderabad, no mark at all for Kolkata, and a solid dot for Noida. The same denomination and year can be common from one mint and genuinely scarce from another, so check the mark before comparing prices.

Questions people ask

Are these prices what I will get if I sell? No. These are collector market values for a coin in that grade. What a seller receives depends on demand for that specific piece and its actual condition, which usually needs to be seen rather than self-assessed.

My coin is old — is it valuable? Age alone decides very little. Mintage, mint mark, condition and demand decide almost everything.

Why do viral posts quote lakhs for common coins? Because they are wrong, and often deliberately so. Where a coin genuinely does reach lakhs it is a specific year, mint and grade — not the whole denomination.