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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA  
UNIFACE BANK NOTES 1861 − 1925  
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 5 RUPEES     5th Issue   Red Under print             DESCRIPTION

 PHOTOS

* SIZE - 10cm X 16cm
* PORTRAIT - Absent                  
* SERIAL NO - In three places
 * UNDER PRINT - Red                        
* PAPER TYPE - Hand made white         
* DENOMINATION - Numeral 5 in Center  
* WATER MARK - Wavy lines on four sides
* PROMISE TO PAY - The bearer on demand Except in Burma                        
* LEGEND - Government of India, The Sum of Five Rupees
* LANGUAGE PANEL - Eight Languages, i.e., Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil,
                                   Bengali, Kannada, Burmese, Gujarati

1.5B.1 sml

Scan by Mr Jhunjhunwala

 
SI NO.

ISSUE IN CIRCLES

 SIGNATURE PREFIX KNOWN DATES
1 Initial C - Calcutta M.M.S. Gubbay UC 1914-16
2 Initial C - Calcutta H.F. Howard ? ?
3 Initial B - Bombay M.M.S. Gubbay CD, SC, ZC 1914-16 NPU5th734345 slno
4 Initial B - Bombay A.C. McWatters ? ?
5 Initial M - Madras M.M.S. Gubbay BD, BE, JD 1914-18
6 Initial V - Lahore M.F. Howard ? 1913
7 Initial V - Lahore M.M.S. Gubbay ED, FC 1915-16
8 Initial K - Karachi ? ? 1915
9 Initial W - Cawnpore M.M.S. Gubbay DC 1915-16

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