Many people in India wrongly believe their 10-rupee coins are worthless, after reports of widespread counterfeiting went viral on social media. The coins are real. The news is fake.

Across India, where 10 rupees - about 15 U.S. cents - can buy a meal, people are stuck with money they can't spend because no one will take it.

The problem stems from the large variety of 10-rupee coins in circulation. More than 5 billion coins, worth over $775 million, have been minted since 2010.

With 14 versions of the coin, including one marking Yoga Day, confusion has spread and reports that claimed to tell people ho to spot fakes proliferated.

As the fake news spread, coins have piled up across India, and merchants don't know what to do.

The central bank has tried to turn things around, sending hundreds of millions of text messages, in 13 languages: "Accept them without fear."

In some areas the coins simply aren't being used anymore as people have given up on trying to figure out what to believe.

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The Money Nobody Wants (http://www.wsj.com/graphics/india-money-crisis-is-fake-news/)

For more information on the coins, see:
Indian 10-rupee coin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_10-rupee_coin)