Old Currency Notes in India and their Types

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Old Currency Notes in India and their Types
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• Indian banknotes share a lot of insights about
  our countrys history which is why collectors and
  notaphilists are always looking for rare notes of
  India. 
• Currency notes in India can be classified into
  four categories namely, Early bank Notes, British
  India notes, Princely State issues, Indian notes
  issued during the Colonial period and Republic
  India notes.

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• Early notes of India can be further classified
  based on the Presidencies which released them,
  namely Bombay, Madras and Bengal.
• This 20 Rupees Bengal Presidency Uniface note was
  made of handmade white paper and features an oval
  vignette of personified Ganga on the left and an
  oval vignette of mahout on an elephant on the
  right. The obverse features red designs on a
  black background while the watermark depicts
  Ashokan Pillar on the left.

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• British India notes can be further classified as
  Portrait Note of Queen Victoria, Uniface Note of
  Government of India, King George V issues and
  notes of King George VI.
• Heres a 50 rupees uniface note issued for the
  Calcutta circle featuring a portrait of Queen
  Victoria. The watermark features the text
  GOVERNMENT OF INDIA in bold letters

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• Osmania Notes of Hyderabad were the only Princely
  state notes of India that were circulated in
  different denominations like 1 rupee, 5 rupees,
  10 rupees, 100 rupees and 1,000 rupees.
• This 1000 Rupees Indian note was machine made and
  was issued in the year 1 Aban 1334 and signed by
  Hyder Nawaz Jung. The obverse featured the text
  Currency Note Sarkar-e-Ali' in Urdu meaning
  Government Currency Note.

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• Old notes of India issued during the colonial
  times can be further classified into two groups
  namely, Indo-Portuguese and Indo-French issues.
• This 20 Rupias indo-Portuguese colonial Indian
  notes were made of Mould Made Paper and was
  signed by the then Governor EDUARDO PINTO DA
  SILVA E CUNHA. The language panel was in Urdu,
  Marathi, Gujarati and Kannada.