1999 India 2 Rupees planchet error? [solved]

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I've been using my recent down time to play a bit of catch up with my collection - cataloguing, organizing, updating my Numista, etc. This one has me thrown. It mostly looks like a 1999 India 2 Rupees, but it is basically round and not eleven sided. It doesn't look machined or insanely worn (too uniform). Could it have been accidentally struck on a blank for something else? It measures 25mms, which is the size of the 1 Rupee.
This is the lot photo from the auction. My Kindle takes awful pictures, so this will have to do for starters. It never occurred to me it wasn't round or wasn't meant to be at the time. The other 2R in the lot were round and my catalogue wasn't new enough to have it in it then.

I'd be more than willing to take other measurements or try to get photos later with my Mom's smart phone. This mystery is more than my OCD can take!
Edit- Hope that clears up which coin I'm asking about.
Impossible to know. You show a 2011 2 rupees in your image! Of course it's round see here

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces24942.html
Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com
The one in the bottom row in the middle, between the 2 Francs and 2 Dinara, is the 1999. It has the "National Integration" reverse ( KM121.5), not the newer one. The 2011 is just above it and to the left of it. There were four 2 Rupees in a lot of twenty coins. The others are round, which is why I didn't notice this one at first. There being two in the picture is why I pointed to the bottom one.
Does your 2 Rupees 1999 stick to a magnet?
Does it have a plain or reeded edge? Picture of the edge might help...
It's non-magnetic and the edge is plain.

Best I can do, even with enhancement, I'm afraid. (I really do need to replace my camera, so I'm not reliant on my Kindle.) You can tell it isn't worked beyond the simple furnishing though. There are what could be minute ripples where the dies hit it, but it could just be a low quality finish.
I may just need to find a better one to use as a comparison piece. Coins are more a sideline in my interest in militaria, but I do find them interesting enough to study them in their own right. I did get history and ancient studies minors in college after all.
I believe the 1 Rupee is stainless steel and is attracted very much by a magnet, so that rules out a wrong planchet. Your coin is probably copper-nickel and that's the correct metal for a 2 Rupee.
Because your coin is slightly smaller than an original 2 Rupee it is most probably a tooled coin... The edges are cut down to make the coin round.
I have seen other examples with Polish coins that were tooled to a smaller diameter and sometimes you could clearly see that it was done in someones basement, but sometimes it was done in such a way that it looked like a proper coin straight from the mint...
My 1999 1 Rupee is magnetic, as are my later 2s. They date to after they switched to steel.
I suppose it was simply an odd project by someone for some reason. It is a nice size and design for jewelry though. A pocket watch or hair clip made with it would be a nice parting gift to someone moving abroad as a reminder of home.
I'll file it with a note. Thank you!
Status changed to Solved (cassibill, 4 Aug 2020, 15:25)

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