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1000 Rupees Incorrect spelling of Rupee
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1954 |
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| Value | 1000 Rupees |
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| Obverse description | The face is dominated by the central promise-to-pay text in English and Devanagari script, enclosed within a guilloche frame, with the Lion Capital of Ashoka (national emblem) surmounting a dharma chakra at the right. The denomination '1000' is placed at the upper left and lower centre, with the issuing office 'BOMBAY' indicated in the lower central panel. A Governor's facsimile signature and a red serial number appear at the lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1000 Reserve Bank of India 1000 एक हज़ार रुपया One Thousand Rupees Tanjore Temple |
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Pick 46 covers the post-independence ₹1000 high-denomination notes issued by the Reserve Bank of India under the signature series beginning in the mid-1950s. The "Incorrect spelling of Rupee" designation points to a plate error in the printed text — a known printing curiosity on this issue rather than a one-off misprint, which is why it merits its own catalog listing.
High-denomination Indian notes of this period had a turbulent history independent of any single variety: the ₹1000 denomination was demonetized in January 1946, reinstated in 1954, then demonetized again in 1978 under the High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Act — meaning circulated survivors of this specific issue had a window of roughly 24 years before being forcibly withdrawn.