1 Rupee
Features
| Issuer |
India
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Republic (1950-date)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1981 |
| Value | 1 Rupee 1 INR = USD 0.010 |
| Currency | Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date) |
| Composition | Papier |
| Size | 96 × 63 mm |
| Shape | Prostokątny |
| Number | N# 203835 |
| References | P# 78 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Obverse
Niebieski, brązowy, różowy, głęboko fioletowy i wielokolorowy na krawędziach z okrągłym i kolorowym okienkiem znaku wodnego. Numery seryjne po prawej stronie, poniżej dwujęzycznych sygnatariuszy. Cyfra 1 w środku jest zastąpiona przez projektanta jednej rupii w języku hindi z ciemnym kwiatowym tłem.
Scripts: bengalski, Devanagari, Gudźarati, Kannada, łaciński, Orija, tamilski, Telugu, urdu
Lettering:
1
भारत सरकार
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
एक रुपया
ONE RUPEE
Reverse
(en) Scalloped rupee design. 'Sagar Samrat' offshore oil rig on the back.
‘One Rupee’ is inscribed in 13 different Indian languages, as listed below:
Assamese: এক টাকা
Bengali: এক টাকা
Gujarati: એક રૂપિયા
Kannada: ಒಂದು ರೂಪಾಯಿ
Kashmiri: ایک روپیہ
Malayalam: ഒരു രൂപ
Marathi: एक रुपया
Oriya (Odia): ଏକ ଟଙ୍କା
Punjabi (Gurmukhi): ਇੱਕ ਰੁਪਇਆ
Sanskrit: एक रूप्यकम्
Tamil: ஒரு ரூபாய்
Telugu: ఒక రూపాయి
Urdu: ایک روپیہ
Scripts: bengalski, Devanagari, Gudźarati, Kannada, łaciński, Orija, tamilski, Telugu, urdu, Gurmukhi, Malajalam
Lettering:
भारत सरकार
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
एक रुपया
ONE RUPEE
Signatures
| R. N. Malhotra (RNM) | Finance Secretary |
|
| M. Narasimham (MN) | Finance Secretary |
|
Comments
Brak litery za numerem seryjnym.
Okrągła moneta z datą 1981 na rewersie.
Nieobiegowe banknoty wydane w zszytych pakietach.
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| Date | Signatures | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1981 | RNM | $ 0.04 | $ 0.08 | $ 0.16 | $ 0.32 | $ 0.54 | $ 0.54 | $ 0.54 | (en) P#78a, prefix A, B, C, D, E, H | 77% | |||||
| 1981 | MN | $ 0.30 | $ 0.68 | (en) P#78b, Signature M. Narsimham | 37% | ||||||||||
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