Reserve Bank is going to issue Rs 10 coins to commemorate the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar. On the design details, the obverse of the coin will bear the Lion Capitol of Ashoka Pillar in the centre with the legend ‘Satyamev Jayate’ inscribed below, flanked on the left periphery with the word ‘Bharat’ in Devnagri script.  And on the right periphery with the word ‘India’ in English and it shall also bear the Rupee symbol and denominational value ’10’ in the international numerals below the Lion Capitol.

On the reverse, the coin will bear the portrait of Ambedkar in the centre, ‘125th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF Dr B R AMBEDKAR’ in English on the lower periphery. The coin will carry the year ‘2015’ written in the international numerals below the portrait of Ambedkar.

RBI said the coins are legal tender as provided in The Coinage Act 2011. The existing coins in this denomination would continue to be legal tender.