Indian 10 rupees (10 Rs - ₹10) coins

 

See also - All Indian coins

10 rupees circulation coinage

The price of all coins is indicated for the condition "without traces of circulation" (UNC)

 

Coin characteristics

Composition: bi-metallic - copper-nickel center inside the aluminium-bronze ring
Mass 7.74 g.
Diameter 27 mm.
 Edge reeded

Obverse: Lion Capital of Ashoka, Inscriptions - "INDIA" in English and Hindi
Reverse: Inscriptions - "10" or/and "TEN" "RUPEES"

 

10 rupees 2005-2007

Years of minting: 2005, 2006, 2007
Lions and denomination between horizontal lines
Cross with a dot in each quadrant ("Four heads sharing a common body")
Value - $1-2

 

10 rupees 2008-2010

Years of minting: 2008, 2009, 2010
15 Rays above "10"
Lions between horizontal lines
Value - $1-2

 

10 rupees 2011-2019

Years of minting: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
10 Rays above New Rupee symbol

Value - ~$1

 

10 rupees 2019-

Years of minting: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
8 stylized grain stalks left from the New Rupee symbol and "10"

Value - $3-5

 

 

Commemorative 10 rupees

10 rupees 1969 - Mahatma Gandhi - 100 years of Birth

Composition: silver 0.800
Mass 15 g.
Diameter 34 mm.
Edge reeded
Obverse: Lion Capital of Ashoka, Inscriptions - "10 RUPEES INDIA" in English and Hindi
Reverse: Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, Inscriptions - "MAHATMA GANDHI 1869-1948"
Value - $15-20

 

 

Characteristics for coins after 2007

Composition: bi-metallic - copper-nickel center inside the aluminium-bronze ring
Mass 7.74 g.
Diameter 27 mm.
 Edge reeded

Obverse:
Lion Capital of Ashoka
Inscriptions - "10 RUPEES INDIA" in English and Hindi before 2011, since 2011 "₹10" and "INDIA" in English and Hindi

 

10 rupees 2008 - 100th Years from the Birth of Homi Bhabha

Portrait of Homi Bhabha
Inscription: HOMI BHABHA BIRTH CENTENERY YEAR / 2008-2009
Value - $2-3

 

10 rupees 2012 - 25th Anniversary - Community of temple Shri Mata Vaishno Devi

Image of Vaishno Devi
Inscription: SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI SHRINE BOARD / 2012 / SILVER JUBILEE
Value - $2-3

 

10 rupees 2012 - 60th Anniversary of the Indian Parliament

Parliament building
Inscription: 60 YEARS OF THE PARLIAMENT OF INDIA / 1952-2012
Value - $2-3

 

10 rupees 2013 - 60th Anniversary of Coir Board

Coir Board Logo
Inscription: 60 YEARS OF COIR BOARD / DIAMOND JUBILEE /1953-2013
Value - $2-3

 

10 rupees 2015 - International Day of Yoga

A man in a yoga position sits in front of a lotus, a globe surrounded by his arms folded over his head
Inscription: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA 2015 / YOGA FOR HARMONY & PEACE / 21 JUNE
Value - $2-3

 

10 rupees 2015 - 100 Years from returning Gandhi to India

Mahatma Gandhi in his youth and old age
Inscription: MAHATMA GANDHI / RETURN FROM SOUTH AFRICA / CENTENARI COMMEMORATION / 1915 / 2015
Value - $2-3

 

10 rupees 2015 - 125 years since the birth of dr. Ambedkar

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar sitting at his desk
Inscription: 125th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF Dr.AMBEDKAR / 2015
Value - $2-3

 

10 rupees 2015 - 100 years since the birth of Swami Chinmayananda

Portrait of Swami Chinmayananda
Inscription: BIRTH CENTENARY OF SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA / 2015
Value - $2-3