5 Rupees 2nd Issue

€215,374.00
IssuerIndia - British
Year1928-1935
TypeStandard banknote
Value5 Rupees
CurrencyRupee (1770-1947)
CompositionPaper
Size126 × 72 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterIndia Security Press, Nashik, India (1925-2006)
No. printed
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation toJune 1941
Reference(s) P#15
Obverse description- Portrait of King George V in right window in an oval frame with `FIVE RUPEES` in an octagonal frame below the portrait - `5 RUPEES` in top left and `5` on top right and bottom left - Signature panel on bottom centre with microlettering of `5` in a floral pattern inside signature panel - Relief under print of ` Rs FIVE Rs` under the signature
Reverse description- ` GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 5 RUPEES` - watermark window - Security pattern with text, ` GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 5 RUPEES` in concentric circle in language panel - See image
Signature(s)panel on bottom centre with microlettering of `5` in a floral pattern inside signature panel - Relief under print of ` Rs FIVE Rs` under the signature Lettering: GOVERNMENT OF INDIA I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF FIVE RUPEES AT ANY OFF
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionOrder of Rayed Star and GOVERNMENT OF INDIA with GOVERNMENT in an arched form; `5` on top left and bottom right when viewed from obverse.
Obverse letteringGOVERNMENT OF INDIA I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF FIVE RUPEES AT ANY OFFICE OF ISSUE
Reverse lettering
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Catalog ID5208519690
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