INDIAN 10 RUPEE COIN

Ten rupees

India
Value	₹10
Mass	7 g
Diameter	27 mm
Thickness	1.77[1] mm
Edge	smooth
Composition	Outer ring – aluminium bronze (copper: 92%, aluminium: 6%, nickel: 2%) Center – cupronickel (copper: 75%, nickel: 25%)
Years of minting	2005 – present
Circulation	Limited
Obverse
Design	Outer ring has the lettering "भारत" on left, "INDIA" on right, and the year of mint and mint mark below. At the center is the Lion capital with the lettering "सत्यमेव जयते" below it.
Design date	2011
Reverse
Design	10 notches with the ₹ sign below it, and the number 10 below the ₹ sign.
Design date	2011 Fake coin rumour Indian ten rupee coin (2008 Reverse).   In July 2016, some shopkeepers in India were reported to be refusing to accept the ₹10 coin entirely, the result of a rumour circulating on social media.[5][6] It was initially claimed that coins with a 15 notch reverse design was lacking the '₹' symbol were fake, compared to the 10 notch version using the symbol introduced in 2011. It was later RBI clarified that the "fake" coin was the earlier 2008 design, which predated the adoption of the '₹' symbol in 2010, and was still in legal circulation, along with the 2011 design and those refusing to accept it could face legal action