1)As we all know that Rs.

1000/- is largest/ biggest denomination of today, but before

independence — 10,000 and 5000 rupees currency notes were existed. RBI was demonetize
all such notes in 1938, and reissued it in 1954 and once again demonetized in 1978.

2)I think you noticed year of issue on a mint, but have you ever noticed the different symbols
below the year. These symbols are actually specifying where the originated. The following
insets have been assumed and be allotted…

 Noida – have a dot

 Mumbai – have a diamond
 Hyderabad – have a star
 Kolkata – Nothing beneath the year
3)
At one point there were two currencies operating in India. It was Hyderabadi Rupee from
1918 to 1959. It coexisted with Indian rupee from 1950
4)The shortage of metal during World War II necessitated 36 Princely States mostly in
Gujarat, Rajasthan, Sind, Baluchistan and central provinces to issue paper tokens instead of
coins, some with the value of One Pice or 1/192nd of a Rupee.

5)New Rupee Symbol of India - How to use in Computers? Download the font. ->
”Rupee_Foradia.ttf” Save it to fonts folder of your PC: Location : C:/Windows/Fonts and
then go to the C:/Windows/Fonts location and install (double click) Open your word
processor and select the “Rupee_forindian”. Just select “Rupee” font from the drop down list
of your fonts in your application and press the key just above your tab button. It will display
the new Rupee symbol of India.
6) When Pakistan was in its infancy after India-Pak separation in 1947, they used Indian
currency with "Pakistan" stamped on it for the first few months till there was enough
circulation of Pakistani notes.

7)The First One Rupee Notes were issued on 30th November, 1917 bearing photo of King
George V. These were issued in a form of unstapled packet of 25 notes, printed on White
hand-made moulded paper and signed by any of the 3 signatories who were M. M. S.
Gubbay, A. C. Mc Watters & H. Denning.

8) A major difference between the one rupee note and other notes are that all RBI notes have
the statement “I promise to pay the bearer a sum of xxx rupees” but one rupee note does not
have this statement.

Unlike all other currency notes that have ‘Bhartiya Reserve Bank’ and ‘Reserve Bank of
India’ printed on them, One Rupee note will have ‘Bharat Sarkar’ on its masthead, with
‘Government of India’ printed below that.

9)We can see in all Indian currencies, Gandhiji’s facial image being printed. The Smiling
Gandhiji is very popular among the countrymen. Many of us think that image is a drawn
picture. But, in fact it was a photo shot and picturised in 1946 by an unknown photographer.
The original photo is displayed here. In the original photo Gandhiji smiles to some person
nearby. That hollow smile picture had been developed into a mirror image and then the same
has been imaged in the Indian Rupee currencies.

10)Because of the increasing demand for coins, the Indian government was forced to
mint coins in foreign countries at various points in the country's history.

Foreign Mint Marks:

 Pretoria - diamond mark under the date 1943.

 Seoul - a five pointed star under the date of the coin but exactly below the first or Last
Digits of dates 1985 and 1997.

 Birmingham (Royal Mint, UK) - small dot under the date of the coin but exactly
below the first digit of date 1985.

 Heaton Press - Ornamental/decorated letter "H" under the last digit of the date 1985.

 Ottawa - a "C" mint mark under the date of the coin.

  Mexico City - "M" mint mark under the date of the coin.

Mints in Daegu, Korea, Slovakia (Kremnca), and Russia (Moscow) have also been used.

11)
Rs 1000 note: It was reissued in 2000. It depicts modern India.

Rs 500 note: It was reissued in 1987. It shows Dandi yatra (11 moorti).

Rs 100 note: IT depicts Himalayan range (non-living ecology).

Rs 50 note: It depicts sansad bhavan (democratic India).

Rs 20 note: It depicts palm trees (living ecology).

Rs 10 note: It depicts wildlife.

Rs 5 note: It depicts agriculture (green revolution).

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