Five Indian Notes From Five Different Categories

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Five Indian Notes From Five Different Categories
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• Lets take a close look at a few examples of
  Indian notes that were issued by various
  authorities in different eras. To start with, we
  present this 16 Rupees note that was issued
  somewhere between 1823 and 1829 by Bank of Bengal
  under East India Company.
• These currency notes in India were printed on
  handmade white paper without year date and the
  same design was used to print 4, 10 and 20 Sicca
  Rupees as well. The vignette features a seated
  tiger on an octagonal panel, the watermark shows
  Ashokan pillar, while the denomination is
  mentioned in Hindi, Persian, and Bangla.

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• Heres another example of old notes of India from
  a different category, as they were issued during
  the colonial times. These 20 Rupees Uniface notes
  were issued for Bombay circle featuring a
  portrait of Queen Victoria.
• These currency notes of India were printed on
  handmade white paper and were issued on 10th June
  1864. The text 'Government of India',
  denomination in Bangla, Persian name of
  Sub-Circle as an overprint, signature of Sir
  james Wilson, the finance member of legislative
  Council, signature of Lord canning, the Governor
  General, are also featured on the note.

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• These rare notes of India were issued by
  Hyderabad state with the signature of Fakhr-Yar
  Jung. They bore the denomination 10 Rupees and
  were printed on machine-made paper.
• It featured the text Currency Note Sarkar-e-Ali
  in Urdu, Coat of Arms, watermark window, text
  "DUS RUPYE SICCA OSMANIA" in words. The
  denomination on these Indian notes was written in
  Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Persian, and English.

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• These currency notes of India fall under a
  different category as they were issued for
  Portuguese colonies somewhere between 1509 and
  1515. It bore the denomination 300 Escudos and
  was printed on Mould Made Paper. It featured the
  signature of the then-Governor, Francisco Jose
  Vieira Machado.
• The language panel on these notes of India
  featured 4 Languages, Urdu, Marathi, Gujarati and
  Konkani. The obverse side depicted a portrait of
  Afonso de Albuquerque. Other texts such as "BANCO
  NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO" and "INDIA PORTUGUESA" were
  also printed on the note.

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• These Indian notes belong to the most recent
  category as they were issued by the Government of
  India after independence in the year 1949. They
  bore the denomination 1 rupee and featured the
  signature of K R K Menon.
• 8 languages including Urdu, Hindi, Bangla,
  Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Gujarati and Oriya were
  included in the language panel while the vignette
  depicted the Ashokan Pillar Capital. Now that
  youve learned about these notes of India, try
  building a set of Indian Notes from different
  time periods.