The last date recorded on the Presidency Banknote of India

Bank of Bombay, 10 Rupees, S.No. A14518, Dated: 1st Nov. 1860. 

The above banknote illustrated is the one of the surviving banknote with the latest date of issue of the last type of Ten Rupees of Bank of Bombay paper money. It is found that a very few banknotes of Bank of Bombay are in private collection or even in museum. The Reserve Bank of India Monetary Museum situated at Mumbai has the first issue of 10 Rupees only (RBI Museum 2012). In the private collection a banknote with the date of  1859 of Bank of Bombay is surfaced so far. It is noted that Presidency Banknotes were abolished by the Indian Currency Act of 1861. Although a Bank of Madras 10 Rupees note dated 1861 is confirmed at SBI Museum at Kolkata. There is no example surfaced so far with the date of issue later than this banknote. 

Ten Rupees, Bank of Madras, issued on 25th July 1861 

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