1989 One rupee coin on 100th anniversary of Nehru's birth.

Jawaharlal Nehru was born on 14th November ,1889 and the year marked the 1st Centennial of birth of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru , a set of three coins of 100, 5 and 1 rupee were issued with his portrait in 1989. .The government issued this coin as a respect to the first prime minister of India.A one rupee commemorative coin was issued on the death of  Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru  and earlier a one rupee coin was also issued on the 1st Centennial of birth of Mahatma Gandhi.This coin is a copper-nickel coin whereas  1964 coin is a pure nickel coin.The coin is a large coin showing one side of  Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's face the portrait  is of right side of the face  unlike the Queen Victoria in the British India coins where she is portrayed on the left side .The image of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is shown wearing a  Gandhi Topi(cap) and is shown wearing a Indian kurta wheras in the  1964 coin he is shown without the cap and only the face is shown.The size of the coin is of a normal one rupee coin having a diameter of 26mm and weight 6gm.