Catalog
50 Rupees
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1977-2003 |
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| Reference(s) | P#84 |
| Obverse description | The Lion Capital of Ashoka (India's state emblem) appears at right, with the large numeral '50' positioned slightly right of centre. The text of the promise clause and issuer inscriptions are arranged in multiple languages across the note, with serial numbers printed in the upper right and lower left corners. |
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| Reverse description | A detailed intaglio vignette of the Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House of India) in New Delhi occupies the central field, rendered in blue-violet tones with fine architectural detail including the circular colonnaded facade and central dome with a flag. The denomination numeral '50' appears at left and lower right within ornate scrollwork borders, with Hindi text in the upper register. A large circular guilloche underprint with a decorative floral frame is positioned at the right. |
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Pick 84 spans an unusually long issue window — over two decades — during which the note passed through multiple signature varieties as successive RBI governors cycled through office. Collectors tracking the series by signature rather than date will find some combinations significantly scarcer than others, particularly the earlier issues from the late 1970s and early 1980s before printing infrastructure modernization under Nasik's Security Printing Press was fully consolidated.
The watermark was the note's primary security feature throughout its run, a notably modest specification for a denomination that remained in active everyday use well into the 1990s. Inset thread was introduced on later Indian issues, but this series never received it.