RBI to issue Rs 5 coins on Nehru's 125th birth anniversary

MUMBAI: Reserve Bank will issue Rs 5 coins to commemorate 125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru.

"The Reserve Bank (RBI) will shortly put into circulation Rs 5 coins minted by the government to commemorate 125th birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru," RBI said in a notification today.

It said these coins are legal tender as provided in The Coinage Act 2011.

The existing coins in this denomination shall also continue to be legal tender.