5 Rupees

5 Rupees - obverse5 Rupees - reverse

Obverse © KRISHNA KAMESWAR@AMALAPURAM – Reverse © PUTSA ABHIGNA

Features

Issuer India
Period Republic (1950-date)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1957-1967
Value 5 Rupees
5 INR = USD 0.06
Currency Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date)
Composition Paper
Size 127 × 73 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
203244
References P# 35
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Green and brown. Bilingual with Hindi corrected to plural and serial numbers to the right

Lettering:
5 5
GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
RESERVE BANK
OF INDIA
I PROMISE TO PAY
THE BEARER ON DEMAND
THE SUM OF
FIVE
RUPEES
PAANCH ROOPAYE
AT ANY OFFICE OF ISSUE
FOR THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
(SIGNATURE)
GOVERNOR

Reverse

RBI Monogram and six Indian antelopes (black bucks)

Lettering:
RESERVE BANK
OF INDIA
5

Watermark

Ashok pillar on the water mark window and the wordings
"FIVE
RUPEES
RESERVE
BANK OF
INDIA"
in the centre of the banknote.

5 Rupees -  obverse

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1957-1962)  $ 7.20 31% P#35a, H. V. R. Iyengar
ND (1957-1962)  $ 4.40 $ 7.40 $ 7.40 $ 7.40 71% P#35b, H. V. R. Iyengar, 'A' Inset
ND (1962-1967)  14% P#35c, P. C. Bhattacharya, 'A' Inset
ND (1962-1967)  $ 6.60 17% P#35d, P. C. Bhattacharya, 'B' Inset

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Languages: English Hindi Punjabi
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