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10 Rupees
| Issuer | Government of India |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of King George V in an oval vignette at right, wearing crown and military uniform, set against a central landscape vignette with coastal scenery and palm trees rendered in fine intaglio. The promise-to-pay text reads 'I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER THE SUM OF TEN RUPEES ON DEMAND AT ANY OFFICE OF ISSUE', with 'GOVERNMENT OF INDIA' across the top. A red overprint reading 'LEGAL TENDER IN BURMA ONLY' appears across the upper portion, and the signature of J.W. Kelly appears at lower left for the Govt. of India. |
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| Signature(s) | J.W. Kelly |
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The Government of India 10 Rupees notes of this period were issued under the authority of the Secretary of State for India, not the Reserve Bank of India — the RBI had only been established in 1935 and did not immediately assume full note-issuing responsibility across all denominations and series. J.W. Kelly served as Finance Secretary and his signature appears on a relatively narrow window of issues before the wartime disruptions reshuffled both personnel and printing priorities.
Notes from the late 1930s Indian government series are frequently found with staple holes through the packet folds — a storage habit from currency chest handling that is endemic to the type.