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| name = '''India Government Mint''' '''भारत सरकार टकसाल'''<br />
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The '''India Government Mint''' operates four [[Mint (coin)|mint]]s in the country for the production of coins:<br />
* [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]] <br />
* [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
* [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]]<br />
* [[India Government Mint, Noida|Noida]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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Under The Coinage Act, 1906, the [[Government of India]] is charged with the production and supply of coins to the [[Reserve Bank of India]] (RBI). The RBI places an annual indent for this purpose and the Government of India draws up the production programme for the India Government Mints on the basis of the indent.<br />
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Besides minting coins, the mints at [[India Government Mint, Mumbai|Mumbai]], [[India Government Mint, Kolkata|Kolkata]] and [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]] also make [[Planchet|coin blanks]]. Hyderabad, Mumbai and Kolkata mints have gold [[assaying]] facilities and the Mumbai mint produces standardized weights and measures. Mumbai Mint has a state-of-the-art gold refining facility up to 999.9. Hyderabad Mint has electrolytic silver refining facility up to 999.9.<br />
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[[Commemorative coin]]s are made at Mumbai and Kolkata. Kolkata and Hyderabad have facilities for making [[medallion]]s, too. The Noida mint was the first in the country to mint coins of stainless steel.<br />
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==Marks on mint==<br />
Each currency coin minted in India (and anywhere in the world) has a special mint mark on it to identify the mint.<br />
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[[File:BOMBAY MINT Post Card.jpg|thumb|A postcard depicting the mint.]]<br />
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===Bombay (Mumbai) Mint===<br />
{{Main|India Government Mint, Mumbai}}<br />
Bombay (Mumbai) Mint has a diamond under the date of the coin (year of issue). The proof coins from this mint have a mint mark ‘B’ or ‘M'.<br />
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===Calcutta (Kolkata) Mint===<br />
{{Main|India Government Mint, Kolkata}}<br />
Calcutta mint has no mark under the date of the coin (year of issue). Or it has a "c" mark. It was unique because it had not chosen any mark because this mint is the first mint in India.<br />
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===Hyderabad Mint===<br />
{{Main|India Government Mint, Hyderabad}}<br />
Hyderabad Mint has a star under the date of the coin (year of issue). The other mint marks from Hyderabad include a split diamond and a dot in the diamond.<br />
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===Noida Mint===<br />
{{Main|India Government Mint, Noida}}<br />
[[India Government Mint, Noida|Noida mint]] has a dot under the year of issue (coin date).<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Indian rupee]]<br />
* [[Indian coinage]]<br />
* [[India Government Mint, Kolkata]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Indian currency}}<br />
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