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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Act of Imperial Legislative Council of India}}<br />
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| short_title = Indian Coinage Act, 1906<br />
| image = Star of the Order of the Star of India (gold).svg<br />
| imagesize = 200<br />
| legislature = [[Imperial Legislative Council]]<br />
| long_title = An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Coinage and the Mint.<br />
| citation = [https://www.indiacode.nic.in/repealedfileopen?rfilename=A1906-3.pdf Act No. 3 of 1906]<br />
| territorial_extent = India<br />
| enacted_by = [[Imperial Legislative Council]]<br />
| date_enacted = 2 March 1906<br />
| date_commenced = <br />
| repeals = {{ubli|Indian Coinage Act 1870|Indian Coinage and Paper Currency Act, 1899|}}<br />
| amended_by = {{clist|Repealing and Amending Act, 1914|Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1918|Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1919|Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1920|Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1924|Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1940|Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1947|Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act 1955|Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1964|Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1968|Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act 1975|Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1985}}<br />
| repealed_by = Coinage Act, 2011<br />
| status = repealed<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Indian Coinage Act, 1906''', is a law that authorises the India Government Mints to strike all legal [[coinage of India|coinage in India]].<ref name="MOSPI">{{cite book | last = | first = | authorlink = | title = Statistical Year Book India 2017| publisher = Government of India - Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation| chapter = 40. Exchange, Coinage, and Currency | chapter-url = https://www.mospi.gov.in/sites/default/files/Statistical_year_book_india_chapters/Ch_40_SYB2017.pdf | series = | volume = | edition = | date = 2017| location = | pages = | language = | url = https://www.mospi.gov.in/statistical-year-book-india/2017/| doi = | id = | isbn = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = }}</ref> Newly minted coins are placed into circulation by the [[Reserve Bank of India]].<ref name="MOSPI"/> At the time the Act was enacted during the [[British Raj]], the Act mandated standards for the [[Silver standards|fineness]] of silver coins,<ref>{{cite web | title = British India Coinage | work = Reserve Bank of India | access-date = 1 February 2024 | url = https://www.rbi.org.in/CommonPerson/english/currency/scripts/britishindia.aspx}}</ref> but subsequent amendments lowered the silver content required for the coins.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Pridmore | first = F. | title = Notes on Colonial Coins | journal = British Numismatic Journal | volume = 37 | page = 167 | year = 1968 | url = https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1968_BNJ_37_19.pdf| access-date = 1 February 2024 }}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links==<br />
* [http://finmin.nic.in/law/indiancoinageact1906.pdf The Indian Coinage Act 1906]<br />
* [https://dea.gov.in/files/acts_documents/indiancoinageact1906.pdf THE INDIAN COINAGE ACT, 1906]<br />
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