"Issue of Rs 5 coins to commemorate the occasion of "125th Birth Anniversary of Maulana Abul kalam Azad.
The government of India has minted the coins which the Reserve Bank of India will shortly put into circulation," RBI said in a release.
RBI 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, it added.
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