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| Issuer | Government of India |
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| Year | 1926 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Issued on white handmade paper with a King George V profile portrait watermark to the right, the obverse carries the full promise-to-pay legend of the Government of India in English, flanked above and below by the issuing authority's name. The central text block is set within a controlled guilloche underprint, characteristic of British colonial currency production by Thomas De La Rue. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is centred on the royal cypher G R I (Georgius Rex Imperator) positioned above the denomination TEN RUPEES, with the face value rendered in three regional Indian scripts below the cypher and four additional regional language renditions further below, reflecting the broad linguistic reach of British India's currency. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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