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10 Rupees Incorrect Urdu inscription
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Value | 10 Rupees |
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| Obverse description | Black on brown and pale green underprint. The Ashoka Lion Capital appears at right, with the denomination numeral '10' at center in 18mm broad format. Governor S. Jagannathan's signature appears at lower center, with the issuer's name in Hindi (भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक) running across the top of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Brown on pale orange guilloche underprint. A central oval vignette contains an intaglio-engraved dhow under full sail on open waters with a mountainous coastline in the background. To the left, a panel lists the denomination in fifteen Indian regional scripts arranged vertically. The Reserve Bank of India seal appears below the central vignette, with 'TEN RUPEES' in large lettering at lower right and the denomination in Devanagari script (दस रुपये) at lower left. |
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The P#59 series is well documented, but this specific variety — catalogued for its incorrect Urdu inscription — represents a production error that slipped past Reserve Bank inspection. Urdu text on Indian banknotes is set from right to left and any misplacement or misspelling is notoriously easy to miss during press approval, particularly when Urdu was one of several scripts being typeset simultaneously across the multilingual denomination panel.
S. Jagannathan served as RBI Governor from 1970 to 1975. Error varieties from his tenure are periodically undervalued relative to their actual scarcity, since the broader P#59 issue was produced in large volume.