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 examples are known. Date printed twice below the 'promissory note'. The rarest banknote of India in my collection.
Comment - Extremely Rare
Denomination - 50 Company Rupees.
No. 4: Britannia Series:
Type 10,Ten Rupees, PMG 6 graded note, Dated: 31st Aug. 1857
In this type the Name in the promissory text Mr. W. Morton is removed and the denomination is Company Rupees. This series continued till 1859 and Soon currency act of 1861 was passed and banks were forbidden to issue banknotes. Engraved by WH Lizars of Edinburgh, Scotland.
A Charm in my IPM collection.
