INDIA 

KM 39

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ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Size mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge - Plain Composition Rotation
10 paise 24.0 1.5   Shape: scalloped Aluminum Medal
Obverse Reverse
  Coat of arms, between the inscriptions    "INDIA" in English and in Hindi.

The Emblem of India is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka.
Inscribed below the abacus in Devanagari script is the motto Satyameva Jayate
(English: "Truth Alone Triumphs").

  Figures "10" between inscriptions "PAISE"  in Hindi and in English, below -year of minting, mint mark "Diamond" (Bombay).