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2 Rupees

Issuer Reserve Bank of India
Year 1975-1997
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Composition Paper
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Obverse description Multicoloured note with red and blue as dominant tones, bearing the Lion Capital of Ashoka vignette at centre-left and an oval watermark window to the right. The face carries the bank title in Hindi script across the top and a panel of thirteen regional language inscriptions in the lower portion. Denominational numeral '2' appears in guilloche underprint at left.
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Reverse description Red and blue multicoloured reverse dominated by a central vignette of the Aryabhata satellite in orbit against a blue starfield background, with the curved limb of the Earth visible in white below. An ornate red floral and scroll guilloche border frames the entire note, with the numeral '2' in decorative cartouches at left and lower-right. The denomination is lettered in Hindi at top and in English along the lower margin.
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Signature(s) K. R. Puri
M. Narasimham
without Plate letter - I. G. Patel without watermark
without Plate letter - I. G. Patel with watermark
Plate letter A - I. G. Patel
Plate letter A - Singh
Plate letter A - A. Ghosh
Plate letter A - Malhotra without text below Asoka Column
Plate letter B - Malhotra
without plate letter - Malhotra with text below Asoka Column
Plate letter A - Malhotra with text below Asoka Column
Plate letter B - S. Venkitaramanan
Plate letter B - C. Rangarajan
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