By Nilaish "This was the beginning of pictorial notes in the right sense, notes became dramatically beautiful!" Currency Note Press at Nashik was inaugrated on 14 April 1928 and soon it started printing currency notes of India. Still some notes were printed by Bank of England Press as earlier they were printed there. The King George V was depicted in royal robes on the obverse of the notes having denomination Re. 1(1917, dated 1935 issued on 1940), Rs. 2/8 (1918-1927), Rs, 5 (1925, 1933), Rs. 10 (1923, 1925, 1933), Rs. 50 (1930), Rs. 100 (1927), Rs. 1000 (1931), Rs. 10,000 (1931). ONE RUPEE 1917 Issue, there are 3 signature varieties One Rupee dated 1935, Issued in 1940, there are four varieties pertaining to design, watermark, paper, serial number pattern. TWO RUPEES AND EIGHT ANNAS Issued in 1918 and withdrawn in 1927. This denomination was equivalent to a dollar of that time. FIVE RUPEES Five Rupee...
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