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1000 Rupees

Issuer Reserve Bank of India
Year 1937
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description Central vignette of King George VI in profile facing left, set within an elaborate guilloche underprint with denomination numerals at all four corners. The watermark area to the right carries a second portrait of the King facing right. Multiline inscriptions in English surround the central portrait, with the issuer name and promise-to-pay text rendered in intaglio.
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Reverse description Central oval vignette presenting a panoramic Himalayan mountain landscape viewed through a foreground of trees, printed in a muted violet-brown intaglio. To the right, a second oval cartouche contains the Reserve Bank of India emblem with a tiger and palm tree. Multilingual denomination inscriptions in various Indian scripts are arranged in a panel to the left, all set against a fine guilloche underprint in violet.
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Protection type Watermark
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