Nilaish Banknotes World

Commerce Series: No. 1 Bank of Bengal, 100 Sicca Rupees. Dated 24th March 1825. Type 3 (first commerce series notes). Signed by H.Henderson. Extremely rare note. No. 2 Obverse Bank of Bengal, Type 6, 1833, 100 Sicca Rupees Vignette: Personified Commerce sitting on merchandise Type 6, dated 22nd November 1833, 100 Sicca Rupees, signature is usually cut. The promissory text, starts with, "We promise to pay....". PMG 15 graded note. An unique banknote of Bank of Bengal, as for its extraordinarily fine condition. The banknote is uncut from the middle. Less than 5 in existence. No. 3 Obverse Vignette: Personified Commerce sitting on Merchandise Type 9: (Above) Obverse design changed. Use of native languages was discontinued on the obverse. Every denomination panel of banknote has different design. Number was printed not hand written this time. The panels for numbers were also different from 10, 15, 20 denominations. Only 4 e...

One Rupee Issues Obverse Reverse, n.g5.1 (AC McWaters, Sign, also perforated issues were printed) Obverse Reverse, n.g5.2(Sign. H. Denning) - Same as above Obverse Reverse, n.g5.3 (Sign. M.M.S. Gubbay) same as above Obverse Reverse, n.g5.4 (Sign. J.W. Kelly) Unperforated issue. n.g5.5, (Booklet issue, Sign. J.W. Kelly)

Banknotes of Private and Presidency Banks The paper money issued by these private and presidency banks are extremely rare and very hard to find. Seldom one can evidence its availability in great auctions (Todywalla Auction, Oswal Auctions). The price ranges from INR 50,000 to INR 700,000. The notes depicted here are highlighted below with indexes, n-X. Banknotes of Bank of Hindostan The banknotes issued by the Bank of Hindostan is finest rarity in the collector’s arena. It is very rare and very hard to find. The one and only complete collections can be seen on with, Kishore Jhunjhunwalla and Rezwan Razack, the famous faces in the Indian Numismatics. The notes, n.1, n.2, n.3 are very rare and prices could vary between INR 100,000 to INR 800,000 depending on the condition. n.1 n.2 n.3 Bank of Bengal There are total of nine types in the Bank of Bengal issues. These notes were printed by Perkins Press and on hand moulded papers. The banknotes were printed to be known f...

It was about eight thirty am in the morning when Kishore Jhunjhunwalla (Godfather of Indian Paper Money Knowledge) called me on my mobile number. We had nice talk about my recent book on Indian Paper Money (Catalog of Indian Paper Money - 1770-1970). He was willing to have a copy of the book and also introduced Mr. Rezwan Razack (Chairman, IBNS-IBCC, Joint MD, Prestige Group), who contacted me earlier regarding his lost note accidently published in my book. On 24 Sept. 2010, the memorable date at which our meeting was fixed. I showed up to his legendary Falcon House office next to Safina Plaza (Prestige Group, Corporate Office). I was directed to wait in his lounge area before he called me in his cabin. He seemed to be lesser concerned about his lost note than numismatic activities. He was very generous and showed a glimpse of his extraordinary collection of Indian Banknotes. He maintains an office with Museum value and Miss Rekha, who works as Curator of his collection, wa...

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1. Bank of Hindostan n.1 n.2 n.3 2. The Bank of Bengal n.4 n.5 n.6 obverse Reverse n.7 Obverse Reverse n.8 Obverse Reverse n.9 The Commercial Bank n.10 3. Bank of Bombay Obverse Reverse n.11 n.12 n.13 n.14 4. Madras Presidency Bank of Madras n.15 Asiatic Bank n.16 The Madras Government Bank n.17 The Oriental Bank n.18 n.19 n.20 These images are produced by the help of contributors and is not copyrighted.