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5000 - Rupees Specimen Travellers Cheque SYNDICATE BANK
| Issuer | Syndicate Bank |
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| Size | 170 x 82 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | SYNDICATE BANK TRAVELLERS CHEQUE WHEN COUNTERSIGNED BELOW WITH THIS SIGNATURE NO. 000000 ----- 19 ------ BEFORE CASHING WRITE HERE PLACE AND DATE SYNDICATE BANK HEAD OFFICE MANIPAL 576 119 KARNATAKA INDIA PAY THIS CHEQUE TO THE ORDER OF -------------------------------------------- RS 5000 IN INDIA IN OTHER COUNTRIES RUPEES FIVE THOUSAND NEGOTIABLE AT THE CURRENT BUYING RATE FOR BANKERS CHEQUES ON INDIA SPECIMEN COUNTERSIGN HERE IN THE PRESENCE OF PERSON CASHING CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR UNLESS OTHERWISE ENDORSED THIS DOCUMENT IS VALID AND NEGOTIABLE IN INDIA ONLY |
| Reverse description | Reverse is plain and unprinted, cream-coloured paper stock with no text, vignette, or underprint, consistent with standard travellers cheque reverse format. |
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Syndicate Bank — founded in 1925 in Udupi by T.M.A. Pai as the Canara Industrial and Banking Syndicate — was among the fourteen banks nationalized by the Indian government in 1969. Travellers cheques issued under its own name were a retail product aimed squarely at the domestic pilgrimage and tourism circuit, where branch networks mattered more than international clearing arrangements. The 5000 rupee denomination placed this firmly in the upper tier of the product range.
Specimen cheques of this type were produced for internal distribution and staff training, not redemption. The "SPECIMEN" overprint or perforation cancellation rendered them void, though they occasionally escaped into philatelic channels.