5 RUPEES DIE VARIETY: JAWAHARLAL NEHRU BIRTH CENTENARY - BOMBAY (MUMBAI) MINT: SMALL FACE AND LARGE FACE DIE VARIETY

In the year 1989 commemorative Copper-Nickle Five Rupees were released from Mumbai mint, in order to commemorate the Birth Centenary (1889-1989) of India's first Prime Minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru. In this commemorative issue we can find both obverse and reverse die varieties. However, Reverse die variety is found to be very significant one and can be easily identified by looking at the length of the border teeth and the serif length of letter 'R' in the word "JAWAHARLAL". In case of large faced coin (which is found normally) we can see smaller border teeth and shorter serif in letter 'R', whereas in case of small faced coin we can see long border teeth and elongated serif in letter 'R'. The description given above is depicted in below given images.

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SAINT ALPHONSA 5 RUPEES DIE VARIETY (ROSE VARIETIES)

This Nickel-Brass 5 Rupees commemorative coin was released in the year 2009 to commemorate saint Alphonsa’s birth centenary. However in case of this commemorative coin released from Mumbai Mint we can find an interesting die variation on the reverse side. The detailed differences are marked in the below given image.

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From the above given image we can clearly make out six difference in the type-I and type-II reverse sides.

• In case of Type-I the leaf A behind the rose is oval shaped with relatively pointed end whereas in case of type two this leaf is blunt and have flattened end.
• Secondly, coming to right lateral leaf B, we can clearly observe that type one have oval shaped leaf whereas type-II has elongated narrow leaf.
• Third observable difference is in the leaf C just besides the flower stalk. Type-I reverse have fully visible oval shaped leaf whereas type-II have partially visible triangular leaf.
• Forth observable difference is that, the type-I reverse have a thick stalk ending whereas type-II have thin stalk ending.
• The more clearly observable difference is in the leaf E. Type-I have small blunted leaf whereas type-II has large leaf with pointed end.
• Lastly, leaf F has very minute but observable differences in the leaf curving.
• In addition to these six variation we can even clearly make out differences in the finishing of the coin. Type-I have normal finishing whereas type-II have a far better finishing with exceptionally good strike.

BAL GANGADHAR TILAK JI BROKEN LEGEND FIVE RUPEES

Bal Gangadhar Tilak 5 Rupee coin was minted both in steel and in Copper-Nickle Alloy. Steel coin was minted bearing the legend लोकमान्य  बाल गंगाधर तिलाक  की १५० वि जयंती (LOK MANYA BAL GANGADHAR TILAK KI 150 VI JAYANTI) whereas the Copper-Nickle coin was minted initially bearing the legend "लोकमान्य  बाल गंगाधर तिलाकजी  की १५० वि जयंती" but later on due to some unknown reasons the suffix 'जी' was removed and minted with the legend "लोकमान्य  बाल गंगाधर तिलाक  की १५० वि जयंती". However in addition to these two types we can see even a third type of legend with the broken script "लो क मा न्य  बा ल गंगाधर ति लाक जी की १५० वि जयंती". Thus we can find three types of legends on Copper Nickle coins; 'BAL GANGADHAR TILAK', 'BAL GANGADHAR TILAKJI' and third one is Devanagari broken legend 'BAL GANGADHAR TILAK JI'

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