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20 Rupees
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1970-2002 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | The Ashoka Pillar emblem of India is positioned to the right of centre, flanked by fine guilloche underprint work across the note face. The numeral 20 appears slightly right of centre, with serial numbers printed in the upper right and lower left corners. Legends in English and Hindi appear across the top and bottom registers. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette is dominated by a large intaglio-rendered chariot wheel from the Konark Sun Temple, its spokes and ornamental medallions rendered in fine detail against a background of horizontal register lines with elephant motifs in blue-grey. Intricate guilloche rosettes and floral scrollwork fill the left panel, while denomination numerals 20 appear in circular cartouches at lower left and lower right. The bank name in Devanagari script and the denomination in Hindi run across the upper portion of the note. |
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| Protection description | Ashoka Pillar watermark visible in the blank watermark panel on the right side of the note when held to light. |
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