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2 Rupees
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1937-1949 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | White machine-made paper bearing a watermark portrait of King George VI facing right. The king's portrait vignette appears to the right, set against a fine guilloche underprint. Legends and promise-to-pay text are arranged around the central field in English, with the governor's signature below. |
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| Obverse lettering | RESERVE BANK OF INDIA GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF TWO 2 RUPEES AT ANY OFFICE OF ISSUE FOR THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (SIGNATURE) GOVERNOR TWO RUPEES |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in lilac and purple tones with a large oval vignette to the left bearing multilingual denomination inscriptions in several Indian scripts arranged in vertical panels. A central circular vignette with a floral motif occupies the middle ground, flanked by decorative guilloche borders. The denomination 'TWO RUPEES' appears in large letters across the centre, with 'RESERVE BANK OF INDIA' at the top and further denomination text along the lower border. |
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