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5 Rupees
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1970-2001 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | RESERVE BANK OF INDIA पाँच रुपये FIVE RUPEES 5 |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Pick 80 covers a long span of issues — over three decades — during which the 5 Rupee note underwent several signature varieties as successive RBI governors came and went. The note belongs to the "Lion Capital" series, introduced to replace the earlier George VI-era currency after the Republic was established. By the 1990s, the 5 Rupee denomination was already being squeezed out of practical use by inflation, and the RBI eventually transitioned the value to a coin series, making the final paper issues of this type short-circulated almost by default.
The single watermark as the sole security feature reflects how little anti-counterfeiting investment went into low-denomination notes of this period.