10 Rupees

The Government of India 10 Rupees notes of this period were issued under the authority of the Secretary of State for India, not the Reserve Bank of India — the RBI had only been established in 1935 and did not immediately assume full note-issuing responsibility across all denominations and series. J.W. Kelly served as Finance Secretary and his signature appears on a relatively narrow window of issues before the wartime disruptions reshuffled both personnel and printing priorities.

Notes from the late 1930s Indian government series are frequently found with staple holes through the packet folds — a storage habit from currency chest handling that is endemic to the type.