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{{Short description|Subdivision of the Indian rupee}}
{{About|the subunit of the [[Indian rupee]]|other uses|Paisa}}
{{Infobox coin
| Country = India
| Denomination = Paisa
| Value = 0.01 Indian Rupee
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| Edge = Plain
| Composition = (1957–present)
| Years of Minting = 1957—2002
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The '''Indian paisa''' (plural: ''paise'')([[File:Indian_Paisa_symbol.svg|12px]]) is a {{frac|1|100}} (one-hundredth) subdivision of the [[Indian rupee]]. The paisa was first introduced on 1 April 1957 after [[decimalisation]] of the Indian rupee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reserve Bank of India |url=https://www.rbi.org.in/commonman/English/Currency/Scripts/RetrospectIndianCoins.aspx |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=www.rbi.org.in}}</ref>

In 1955, the [[Government of India]] first amended the ''Indian Coinage Act'' and adopted the "[[metric system]] for [[coin]]age". From 1957 to 1964, the paisa was called ''naya paisa'' ({{Translation|'new paisa'}}) to distinguish it from the old paisa/pice which was a {{frac|1|64}} subdivision of the Indian Rupee. On 1 June 1964, the term "naya" was dropped and the denomination was named ''paisa''. Paisa has been issued in 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 25, and 50 paise coins. Though as of 2023, coins of the [[Denomination (currency)|denomination]] of 1 rupee are the lowest value in use.

==History==
{{Main|Coins of the Indian rupee}}

Prior to 1957, the [[Indian rupee]] was not [[Decimalisation|decimalised]] and the rupee from 1835 to 1957 was further divided into 16 [[Anna (monetary subunit)|annas]]. Each anna was further divided to four [[Indian pice]]s and each pice into three [[Pie (monetary subunit)|pies]] till 1947 when the pie was demonetised.<ref name="Republic India Coinage">{{cite news|title=Republic India Coinage|publisher=[[Reserve Bank of India]]|access-date=27 November 2016|url=https://rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/mc_republic.aspx|archive-date=28 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128133655/https://rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/mc_republic.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Global Financial Data">{{cite news|title=Global Financial Data|publisher=Global Financial Data|access-date=27 November 2016|url=https://www.globalfinancialdata.com/index_tabs.php?action=showghoc&country_name=India}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Denomination !! Corresponding value !! From !! To !! Comments
|-
| rowspan="5" | One [[Indian rupee]] || rowspan="3" | Sixteen [[Indian anna]] || 1835 || 1947 ||
|-
| 1947 || 1950 ||
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| 1950 || 1957 ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |Hundred paise || 1957 || 1964 || Naya paisa series
|-
| 1964 || Present || Except 50 paise, rest all paise, anna, pice and pies coins [[demonetised]].
|-
| rowspan="3" | One Indian anna || rowspan="3" | Four [[Indian pice]] || 1835 || 1947 ||
|-
| 1947 || 1950 ||
|-
| 1950 || 1957 || Anna and pice demonetised in 1957.
|-
| One Indian pice || Three [[Pie (monetary subunit)|Indian pies]] || 1835 || 1947 || Pies demonetised in 1947.
|-
| colspan="5" | ''One Indian rupee = 100 paise = 16 anna = 64 pice = 192 pies''.<ref name="Republic India Coinage"/>
|}

==Coins==

===Naya paisa series (1957{{ndash}}1964)===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
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!colspan="11"|Naya paisa series
|-
!rowspan="2"| Value !!colspan="4"| Technical parameters !!colspan="3"| Description !! colspan="2"| Year of minting !! rowspan="2"| Monetary status
|-
! Weight !! Diameter !! Thickness !! Metal !! Edge !! Obverse !! Reverse !! First !! Last
|-
|| 1 naya paisa || 1.5 g || 16 mm || 1 mm || Bronze || Plain || rowspan="2"| [[State Emblem of India]] and country name in Hindi and English. || rowspan="2"| Face-value and year. || 1957 || 1962 || [[Demonetised]].<ref>{{cite news|title=1 Naya Paisa|publisher=Numista|access-date=28 November 2016|url=http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5494.html|archive-date=29 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129021248/http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5494.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|| 2 naya Paise || 2.95 g || 18 mm || 1.80 mm || [[Cupronickel]] || Smooth || 1957 || 1963 || Demonetised.<ref>{{cite news|title=2 Naya Paise|publisher=Numista|access-date=28 November 2016|url=http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1625.html|archive-date=29 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129020940/http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1625.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|| 5 naya paise || || || || || || || || || ||
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|| 10 naya paise || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
|| 20 naya paise || || || || || || || || || ||
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|| 50 naya paise || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

===Paisa series (1964{{ndash}}2002)===

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
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! colspan="11"|Paisa{{snd}}Aluminum series
|-
! rowspan="2"| Value !! colspan="4"| Technical parameters !! colspan="3"| Description !! colspan="2"| Year of minting !! rowspan="2"| Monetary status
|-
! Mass !! Diameter !! Thickness !! Metal !! Edge !! Obverse !! Reverse !! First !! Last
|-
|| 1 paisa || 0.75 g || 17 mm || 1.72 mm || rowspan="8"| Aluminium || rowspan="8"| Smooth || rowspan="3"| [[State Emblem of India]] and country name in Hindi and English. || rowspan="3"| Face-value and year. || rowspan="2"| 1965 || rowspan="2"| 1981 || [[Demonetised]].<ref name="1 Indian paisa">{{cite news|title=1 Indian paisa|publisher=Numista|access-date=29 November 2016|url=http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7179.html}}</ref>
|-
|| 2 paise || 1.0 g || 20 mm || 1.58 mm || Demonetised.<ref name="2 Indian paise">{{cite news|title=2 Indian paise|publisher=Numista|access-date=29 November 2016|url=http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1743.html|archive-date=29 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129145702/http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1743.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|| 3 paise || 1.2 g || 21 mm || 2.0 mm || 1964 || 1971 || Demonetised.<ref name="3 Indian paise">{{cite news|title=3 Indian paise|publisher=Numista|access-date=29 November 2016|url=http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1847.html|archive-date=1 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901051218/https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1847.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|| 5 paise || 1.5 g || 22.0 mm || 2.17 mm || [[State Emblem of India]] country name and face-value. || Year and "Save for development" lettering. Coin minted to commemorate [[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]]. || 1977 || 1977 || Demonetised.<ref name="5 Indian paise">{{cite news|title=5 Indian paise|publisher=Numista|access-date=29 November 2016|url=http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16626.html|archive-date=1 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901051102/https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16626.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|| 10 paise || 2.27 g || 25.91 mm || 1.92 mm || rowspan="4"| [[State Emblem of India]] and country name in Hindi and English. || rowspan="4"| Face-value and year. || 1971 || 1982 || Demonetised.<ref name="10 Indian paise">{{cite news|title=10 Indian paise|publisher=Numista|access-date=29 November 2016|url=http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1651.html|archive-date=1 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901051203/https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1651.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|| 20 paise || 2.2 g || 26 mm || 1.7 mm || 1982 || 1997 || Demonetised.<ref name="20 Indian paise">{{cite news|title=20 Indian paise|publisher=Numista|access-date=29 November 2016|url=http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1635.html|archive-date=29 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129150404/http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1635.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|| 25 paise || 2.83 g || 19.05 mm || 1.55 mm || 1957 || 2002 || Demonetised.<ref name="25 Indian paise">{{cite news|title=25 Indian paise|publisher=Numista|access-date=11 May 2023|url=https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1610.html|archive-date=11 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511164546/https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1610.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|| 50 paise || 2.9 g || 19 mm || 1.5 mm || 1957 || 2002 || Demonetised.<ref name="50 Indian paise">{{cite news|title=50 Indian paise|publisher=Numista|access-date=11 May 2023|url=https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces23187.html|archive-date=19 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219152928/https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces23187.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

===Mint mark===

* No mintmark = [[India Government Mint, Kolkata|Kolkata]]
* ⧫ = [[India Government Mint, Mumbai|Mumbai mint]]
* B = Mumbai Proof issues
* * = [[India Government Mint, Hyderabad|Hyderabad]]
* ° = [[India Government Mint, Noida|Noida]]

== Symbol for Paisa ==
{{Main|Indian rupee sign#Symbol for paisa}}

[[File:Indian Paisa symbol.svg|thumb|upright 0.5|Proposed symbol for Paisa]]
A symbol for the paisa ⟨[[File:Indian Paisa symbol.svg|frameless|10x10px]]⟩ was designed using the same concept as the [[Indian rupee sign|symbol for rupee]].<ref name="iitb.ac.in">{{cite web |url=http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/events/Indian_Rupee_Symbol.pdf |title=Currency Symbol for Indian Rupee |first=D. Udaya |last=Kumar |author-link=D. Udaya Kumar | publisher=Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|access-date=14 November 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821132944/http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/events/Indian_Rupee_Symbol.pdf |archive-date=2010-08-21}}</ref> However, the proposed symbol never appeared on any coin, as the [[Reserve Bank of India]] had stopped minting any paisa coins before this proposal.

==See also==
*[[Paisa]]
*[[History of the rupee]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Historical currencies of India]]

Indian paisa - Revision history

Uravu at 02:27, 23 April 2026