THREE MAHATMA GANDHI NOTES

 

Above is a lovely part set of Indian rupee notes. The first note is the 20 Rupee note in a kind of olive colour and was issued in 2020. The front has Mahatma Gandhi and the reverse has the Ellora  caves and a cute picture of Gandhi’s  spectacles.

The second note, in a turquoise colour, is the 50 rupee note from 2019, the front has the Mahatma on the front. The reverse has a monument from Hampi.

The third note is the purple 100 rupee note from 2018. Again the, mahatma on the front and Rani ki vav  on the reverse.

One the back of these note, there is a panel with 15 languages . Hindi and English are the main languages but the panel has the following languages 

Assamese

Bengali

Gujarati

Kannada

Kashmiri 

Konkani

Malayalam

Marathi

Nepali

Odia

Punjabi

Sanskrit 

Tamil

Telugu

Urdu

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The symbol for rupee  (₹) 

A BETTER 5 RUPEE NOTE

This note is not a new one to the collection it is a replacement for one I have had for a  few years but in much worse condition you can see the description HERE below is the original note in the collection'

A NEATER NOTE FROM INDIA

I have a similar 5 Rupee note but this one is uncirculated (unc) and a lot cleaner. They have a similar reverse with the tractor ploughing but the front of this one has Mohandas K Gandhi, probably the most famous Indian of all time, blazoned across the note. Its quite a colourful wee note with a watermark of the same portrait of Gandhi and a metal strip, which you can see just to the left of Gandhi. The note is from 2010.

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NON IDENTICAL TWINS FROM INDIA

  

Here are 2 Indian notes, both are 1 rupee and are on either side of a new issue. The first one is from 1980 and is the last year of issue for this design which started in 1966. The second is from 1981 and this issue only lasted 2 years before being replaced in 1983. both issues have a coin with Asoka's pillars on it. on the second issue it has an oil rig on the reverse.

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You can see the history of the rupee HERE

INDIA

The republic of India is a very large country in Asia with its capital city as New Delhi. India is a much conquered and occupied country but in recent times the British have been the occupiers since the 19th century until 1947 when the Indian independence movement headed by Mohandas Gandhi won the independence but internal strife saw the country divided into India, East Pakistan and West Pakistan. After a further conflict in 1971 East Pakistan became Bangladesh.

Monetary units:

1 Rupee = 100 Naye Paisa (1957 -64 )
1 Rupee = 100 Paisa (1964 onward )

The note above is a 10 Rupee note issued by the reserve bank of India from ND 1977 -82 issue and if you enlarge the front (click) you can see that under the serial number (under the 400) there is a hidden C, which makes it from the first part of the issue.

This is the 2006 issue of the 10 rupee note with Gandhi on the front and a mash-up of a tiger, elephant and rhino  on the back.

the 5 Rupee note above is a very much used note but as long as there no tears on it it will be accepted  but Indians are very careful about accepting damaged notes - note the pin holes in the white circle on the left of the front of the note - Indian currency is stapled together at the printing source so it is very unusual to find fully intact notes before 1998 when stapling was discontinued.

Languages

Although Standard Hindi is the official language of India  most states within the country have their own official language e.g. Tamil Nadu has Tamil as its official language and the Punjab has Punjabi as their's

Over the previous few decades India has had a problem with counterfeiting and so the reserve bank India has come up with this little website to let people know about their notes