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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   
UNIFACE BANK NOTES 1861 − 1925  
A

 50 RUPEES     1st Issue   Green Under print             DESCRIPTION

 PHOTOS

* SIZE - 12cms X 17cms
* PORTRAIT - Absent                  
* SERIAL NO - In two places
 * UNDER PRINT - Green                    
* PAPER TYPE - Hand made white         
* DENOMINATION - Numeral 5 in Center  
* WATER MARK - Wavy lines on four sides
* PROMISE TO PAY - The bearer on
   demand                        
* LEGEND - Government of India, The Sum of Five
   Rupees
* LANGUAGE PANEL - Four Languages,
   i,e- Urdu, Kaithi, Hindi & Bengali

4.1C.1 sml
SI NO.

ISSUE IN CIRCLES

 SIGNATURE PREFIX KNOWN DATES
1 Calcutta - B 1867 NPU1st00000slno
2 Calcutta Signature cut L,P,T,X,AA 1871-98
3 Calcutta Stephen Jacob X,Y 1894
4 Calcutta A.F. Cox LA 1898
5 Bombay O.T. Barrow Z 1894
6 Bombay O.T. Barrow CA 1899
7 Madras Specimen B 1867
8 Madras J.W. Larkins T 1890

 Circle of Issue :- 1. Calcutta 2. Allahabad or Calcutta 3. Lahore or Calcutta
                             4. Bombay 5. Kurrachee or Bombay 6. Nagpore or Bombay
                             7. Akola or Bombay 8. Madras 9. Calicut or Madras
                           10.Trichinopoly or Madras 11. Vizagapatam or Madras
                           12. Coconada or Madras 13. Rangoon

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