2 Rupees

Obverse

Czerwono-brązowy, fioletowy i zielony. Znak wodny Ashoka Pillar. Wartość w języku angielskim i poprawiony napis w języku hindi DO ROOPAYE (w poprzednim wydaniu był wymieniony w liczbie pojedynczej, a teraz został poprawiony na liczbę mnogą).

Scripts: Devanagari, łaciński

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

Reverse

Popiersie tygrysa zwrócone w lewo i 7 języków regionalnych.

Scripts: bengalski, Devanagari, Gudźarati, Kannada, łaciński, Orija, tamilski, Telugu, urdu

Lettering:
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
TWO RUPEES
दो रुपये

Watermark

Lion Capital, symbol Ashoka

© Vidushi (CC BY-NC-SA)

Signatures

Benegal Rama Rau (BRR)	Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Haravu Venkatanarasimha Varadaraja Iyengar (HVVI)	Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

Comments

Poprawna pisownia liczby mnogiej "Rupee" w języku hindi jako "Rupaye".

7 linii nominałów w różnych językach na odwrocie.

Powyżej przedstawiono banknot z poprawionym hindi (P-29a), wyemitowany z podpisem B. Rama Rau (1 lipca 1949 r. - 14 stycznia 1957 r.).
Banknoty o nominale 2 rupii z nieprawidłowym hindi (P-27) zostały wyemitowane z podpisem B. Rama Rau, czwartego gubernatora Banku Rezerw Indii.
Te banknoty z 2 w hindi २ w prawym górnym rogu awersu i lewym górnym rogu rewersu są uważane za bardzo rzadkie.
Banknoty o nominale 2 rupii z niepoprawnym napisem w języku hindi (P-28) podpisane przez B. Ramę Rau z 2 w języku angielskim są bardziej powszechne.
Banknoty o nominale 2 rupii z poprawionym hindi (P-29b) zostały wyemitowane z podpisem H.V.R. Iyengara (1 marca 1957 r. - 28 lutego 1962 r.), szóstego gubernatora Banku Rezerw Indii.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Correct spelling of the plural of "Rupee" in Hindi as "Rupaye".

7 lines of denominations in different languages on back.

 

The note featured above is with corrected Hindi (P-29a), issued with the signature of the B. Rama Rau (July 1, 1949 - January 14, 1957).
The 2 rupees banknotes with incorrect Hindi (P-27) were issued with the signature of B. Rama Rau, 4th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
These notes with the 2 in Hindi २ on the top right of the obverse and top left of the reverse are considered very rare.
The 2 rupees banknotes with incorrect Hindi (P-28) signed by B. Rama Rau with 2 in English are more common.
The 2 rupees banknotes with corrected Hindi (P-29b) were issued with the signature of H.V.R. Iyengar (March 1, 1957 - February 28, 1962), 6th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

See also

• kotowate
• herb
• Wreath

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Date	Signatures				VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References			Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1957)	BRR									$ 8.70	P# 29a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Pefix: J, K, L		28%
ND (1957-1962)	HVVI							$ 5.80	$ 6.20	$ 6.40	P# 29b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Prefix: L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X		83%

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