The new 10 ruppee coin released in India

Don't think that I got passion towards coins.Just thought of sharing this little Indian pride with all over the world.
It’s realized and now you can have it on your pocket! More technical details in attached PDF File.

Attached is the press release dated March 26,2009 from RBI.
RBI is ready to issue a new bimetallic 10 Rupee coin for circulation.

The look: The obverse side has the lion capitol with numeral 10 and year of manufacture. On reverse side, a double line cross with a dot in each pellet of cross and denomination written in Hindi and English around.

This design has been prepared by National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad with the theme of Unity in Diversity. The outer side metal is Nickel-Bronze and the inner side metal is Ferrous Steel. The weight of the coin would be 8 grams and the diameter would be 28 mm.

The coins are being minted at mainly Noida and Mumbai mint. The coins worth Rs.70 million was already stored in its stock till August 2008.