5 Rupees - George VI

Obverse © KRISHNA KAMESWAR@NPSEG – Reverse © NADIMPALLI RAMARAJU

Features

Issuer	India - British (British India)
Bank emisyjny	भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक
Emperor	George VI (1936-1947)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1937-1943
Value	5 Rupees
Currency	Rupee (1770-1947)
Composition	Papier
Size	110 × 70 mm
Shape	Prostokątny
Demonetized	27 October 1957
Number	N# 203961
References	P# 18 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

(en) First issue in Brown, Green & Violet on machine made paper with watermark profile portrait of George VI in watermark window.

Script: łaciński

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

Reverse

(en) Five Rupees – Multilingual Representation
(8 Indian Languages – excluding English)
• Urdu: پانچ روپیہ
• Hindi: पाँच रुपये
• Bengali: পাঁচ টাকা
• Burmese (Myanmar): ငွေငါးကျပ်
• Telugu: ఐదు రూపాయలు
• Tamil: ஐந்து ரூபாய்
• Kannada: ಐದು ರೂಪಾಯಿ
• Gujarati: પાંચ રૂપિયા

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

Lettering:
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
FIVE
5
RUPEES
FIVE RUPEES
5

Watermark

Jerzy VI Automatically translated

Signatures

James Braid Taylor (JBT)	Governor
Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh (CDD)	Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

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Date	Signatures	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1937)	JBT	$ 23	$ 39	$ 60	$ 93		P# 18a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Prefix: A-J	64%
ND (1943)	CDD	$ 23	$ 31	$ 44	$ 71	$ 100	P# 18b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Prefix: K-R	44%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 83 Lot 1374	20 May 2023	ND (1937) JBT – P# 18a – (en) Prefix: A-J	AU	USD 99.23 (EUR 86.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 91 Lot 1526	8 Aug 2023	ND (1943) CDD – P# 18b – (en) Prefix: K-R	VF	USD 31.16 (EUR 27.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 187 Lot 62	21 Mar 2026	Undetermined	UNC	USD 288.47 (EUR 250.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 147 Lot 162	17 Dec 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 18.46 (EUR 16.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 140 Lot 1501	22 Oct 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 140 Lot 1500	22 Oct 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 132 Lot 83	17 Jul 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 5.77 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 130 Lot 52	24 Jun 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 226.16 (EUR 196.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 130 Lot 51	24 Jun 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 226.16 (EUR 196.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 124 Lot 72	14 May 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 64.62 (EUR 56.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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