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1 Rupee
| Issuer | Government of India |
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| Year | 1957 |
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| Size | 101 × 64 mm |
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| Obverse description | Violet on light green and lilac underprint. The face presents the denomination in Hindi script within an ornate cartouche, flanked by guilloche borders, with the Asoka Column emblem at center and signature of the Secretary, Ministry of Finance below. The overall layout follows the standard Government of India one rupee format with scalloped coin vignette motif. |
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| Reverse description | Violet on pale green guilloche underprint. At left, a large circular coin vignette in scalloped design bears the numeral '1' flanked by wheat stalks and the date 1957, with 'EK RUPAYA' inscribed in Devanagari below; at center, the denomination 'ONE RUPEE' is rendered in an ornate cartouche beneath 'GOVERNMENT OF INDIA', flanked by the value expressed in seven regional Indian languages including Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Telugu, and Urdu; the right portion contains a blank panel framed by a scalloped guilloche border. |
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| Signature(s) | Plate letter A signature title: "Secretary, Ministry of Finance" - H. M. Patel Plate letter A signature title: "Principal Secretary, Ministry of Finance" - H. M. Patel Plate letter B - A. K.Roy Plate letter B - L. K. Jha Plate letter C - L. K. Jha Plate letter D - L. K. Jha |
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