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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA  
UNIFACE BANK NOTES 1861 − 1925
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 20 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

3.1C.1 sml
SI NO.

ISSUE IN CIRCLES

 SIGNATURE PREFIX KNOWN DATES
1 Calcutta Specimen B 1867
2 Calcutta J. Westland P 1881
3 Calcutta Stephen Jacob R 1882
4 Calcutta A.F. Cox AA, OA 1897
5 Allahabad or Calcutta E.Gay ? 1886
6 Allahabad or Calcutta A.F. Cox D, DA 1894-1901
7 Lahore or Calcutta A.F. Cox EA 1900-01 NPU20rs1st81182slno
8 Bombay Specimen B 1867
9 Bombay A.C. Tupps S 1884
10 Bombay O.T. Barrow CA 1901 NPU20rs1st40467slno
11 Kurrachee or Bombay O.T. Barrow G 1893
12 Kurrachee or Bombay F.C. Harrison - 1902
13 Madras Specimen B 1867
14 Madras W. Dobbie ? 1903 NPU20rs1st61896slno

 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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