Gossip about 25 paise coins

After having studied 25 paise coins in some detail, let us see if we can find some anecdotes within this field.

There has been a rumour around, that 25 paise coins are no longer legal tender. A Times of India reporter tried to spend a 25 paise coin:

Vegetable mandis , bus conductors and rickshaw-wallahs are the ones most hassled. Twenty five paise coins are still of importance here. We tried giving it at a vegetable mandi but the vendor there refused saying, "I don't accept 50 paise coins either. I have heard that RBI is banning its circulation as well !"

Eventually, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had to clarify in a press release of November 2005, 25 paise Coins - Valid for transactions, that 25 paise coins are still legal tender.

Of course, this coin has not always been disregarded. Here is a fake quarter rupee, dated 1947. Note the somewhat shocked or surprised expression on George VIs face.

Here is a badly deformed rhino type 25 paise coin. This error is the outcome of a blank which was not correctly situated between the dies at the time of minting. Such a coin should of course have been discarded, rather than released for circulation.

Noemaun Ahmed has discovered, that you can make the customers stay longer in you booth, if you take the time to count the amount of 10 Rs in 25 paise coins when giving change:

My friend counts again and gives it back to her. With all nobility, she recounts those coins but she is disturbed that she has still not got back her precious money. So she returns the coins to us.

Now my friend secretly adds one more coin and gives it to her friend and asks her to verify. On realising that all the coins are present, she furious with her friend. ?If you can't even count a few coins properly, why do you have to do it. And you make a mockery of yourself for 25 paise ...?.