REPUBLIC INDIA - Definitive Issue - 5 Rupees - 2004 - Hyderabad Mint - Five-pointed Star mint mark below the date - 8.98 g - 23 mm

REPUBLIC INDIA: Definitive Issue, 5 Rupees, 2004, Hyderabad Mint, Five-pointed Star mint mark below the date, 8.98 g, 23 mm.

The 2004 Hyderabad Mint 5 Rupee is widely regarded as one of the scarcest and most valuable definitive issues in modern Indian numismatics. While 2004-dated 5 Rupee coins were produced in significant quantities by the Kolkata and Mumbai mints, the Hyderabad strike was extremely limited. Often missing from even advanced collections, this coin is a key rarity required to complete a year-set of Republic India. Its status as a "circulation rarity" has made it a highly prized specimen among collectors of the Copper-Nickel series.