I was surprised when this landed in my e-mail. An excellent collection of 20 odd pictures of old Indian currency. The star is the 10,000 rupee note
This email claims that the first set of British India notes were the ‘Victoria Portrait’ Series issued in denominations of 10, 20, 50, 100, 1000. These were unifaced, carried two language panels and were printed on hand-molded paper manufactured at the Laughingstock Paper Mills (Portals). The security features incorporated the watermark (GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, RUPEES, two signatures and wavy lines), the printed signature and the registration of the notes.
Rupee One – Obverse
Rupee One -Reverse
Rupees Fifty
Rupees One Thousand
Rupees Ten Thousand
Rupees Five – First Note issued by Reserve Bank of India
This was followed by Rs 10 in February, Rs 100 in March and Rs 1,000 and Rs 10,000 in June 1938.
Rupees Ten Thousand
Rupee One Obverse
Rupees Two
George VI Profile
This email claims that the first set of British India notes were the ‘Victoria Portrait’ Series issued in denominations of 10, 20, 50, 100, 1000. These were unifaced, carried two language panels and were printed on hand-molded paper manufactured at the Laughingstock Paper Mills (Portals). The security features incorporated the watermark (GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, RUPEES, two signatures and wavy lines), the printed signature and the registration of the notes.
Rupees Ten
Rupees Hundered
Half note
Green Underprint – Rupees Five Hundred
Green Underprint – Rupees Five
Rupees Two and Annas Eight – Obverse
Rupees One Thousand
George VI Profile
nice collection of photos
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