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100 Rupees
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Value | 100 Rupees |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of King George VI in military uniform with crown at right, set within an intricate guilloche border. A central vignette of a peacock in full display occupies the lower centre, flanked by ornate architectural elements at the upper corners. The note is printed in blue on white paper, with the denomination numeral '100' repeated in the upper corners and a blank oval panel at left reserved for the signature and serial number area. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Reserve Bank of India had only been established in 1935, and these early high-denomination notes were still being printed in London by De La Rue — a dependency that would become politically uncomfortable as independence pressure mounted through the 1940s. The "King Emperor" series to which this note belongs was discontinued after George VI's title changed following Indian independence in 1947, making the entire run obsolete within roughly a decade of issue.
Notes from 1939 saw wartime hoarding almost immediately. High-value paper currency disappeared from active circulation across British India during the war years, which means genuinely circulated examples are often in poorer condition than one might expect for a note of this age.