Is minting quality so poor in India ?

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These coins are hardly 10 years old but the date on the 1st coin and 3rd coin is invisible. I have noticed that in many Indian coins the details are not very legible even in coins fresh out of the mint. Is this a common phenomenon ?

That's what Indian coins are known for (caused by the choice of steel planchettes in combination with the machinery used), I don't know if they improved the last couple of years.

Have a nice day.

Yes, it is a common phenomenon, in my opinion, rather caused by a large number of coins, weaker control of "QC" and a change of dies.

But let's realize the fact of numbers-the rule is 195 coins per citizen, and their one city has twice as many inhabitants as our entire republic.
They don't even catch up with production so there are different mints, I think some coins so damaged may be a product of the example of a not very honest mint.

Example: two billion coins -rupii for India, minted in Kremnica (Slovak Republic)-
since 1999 ( And believe me, this mint has been paying attention to high quality for 700 years, even though the town is like a small village where the mint is)
Here's an example of a 1 rupee coin and various mints:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1609.html

In conclusion, it is a system of insufficient production in the precision of output control ( they do not consider it a serious mistake on functionality it has no effect - it is in thinking what is important and what is unimportant. This is my opinion without much evaluation, just a logical consideration.
Ivan

Quote: "ramsarma1972"​​​​​​
​These coins are hardly 10 years old but the date on the 1st coin and 3rd coin is invisible. I have noticed that in many Indian coins the details are not very legible even in coins fresh out of the mint. Is this a common phenomenon ?

​Hi,

since you live in India you ought to know it. I have an extensive collection of modern Indian coins, and there so many variants in the dies... I don't really collect the kind of coins you show, since they are too many and hardly interesting, since caused by bad mint printing machine adjustments or cleaning processes.

I enjoy collecting Indian coins. I collect them by mint and types, so that's a lot in the end.

Take care

Quote: "ramsarma1972"​​​​​​
​These coins are hardly 10 years old but the date on the 1st coin and 3rd coin is invisible. I have noticed that in many Indian coins the details are not very legible even in coins fresh out of the mint. Is this a common phenomenon ?

​Hi,

since you live in India you ought to know it. I have an extensive collection of modern Indian coins, and there so many variants in the dies... I don't really collect the kind of coins you show, since they are too many and hardly interesting, since caused by bad mint printing machine adjustments or cleaning processes.

I enjoy collecting Indian coins. I collect them by mint and types, so that's a lot in the end.

Take care

This may not be a question of quality control failure. What are the QC standards? If the standard is as simple as "Good enough to function in the marketplace" or "Good enough to be accepted as 'such and such' denomination" then clearly these are acceptable. The Indian government may not have the luxury of manufacturing the quality of coins that we all want or expect. Die life, press set up and other manufacturing realities come into play as well.