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10 Rupees
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 10 Rupees |
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| Obverse lettering | RESERVE BANK OF INDIA GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER THE SUM OF TEN RUPEES ON DEMAND AT ANY OFFICE OF ISSUE |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of King George VI |
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Pick 19 belongs to the earliest Reserve Bank of India series, issued just two years after the RBI's establishment in 1935. The Taylor signature dates the earliest printings; notes bearing C.D. Deshmukh's signature — he became Governor in 1943 — reflect wartime production, when paper quality and allocation were both under pressure from the British war effort.
Thomas De La Rue printed the series in London throughout, which created practical complications: transporting finished currency across U-boat-patrolled waters during the war years was not a trivial logistical matter. Some shipments were delayed or rerouted through South Africa.