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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;shareddreams, post: 389321, member: 15060&quot;]The coin with the cow on it is a two anna coin, not two paise. In the anna system, 6 paise was equal to one anna. The anna system was dismantled in 1955 (I think), when the decimal system started being used (one rupee = 100 paise). Therefore, to avoid confusion, the five paise coin that you have here has to specify that it is worth 1/20th of a rupee, which is what it says in the Hindi script. Anna coins are certainly not used in India any longer. The five paise coin, well maybe in rural areas where people are really poor, it could be of some value. But lower denomination coins are often used for ritual purposes in the Hindu religion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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