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...
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