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5 Rupees
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1970-2003 |
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| Value | 5 Rupees |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette of the reverse illustrates a farmer operating a tractor with a multi-share plough across a tilled field, set against a rising sun over a distant hillside landscape rendered in warm ochre and teal tones. To the left, an elaborate floral guilloche rosette frames the numeral "5", while a small oval cartouche at lower right repeats the denomination figure. The issuer's name in Hindi and English runs across the top, and the value inscription "FIVE RUPEES" appears in a ruled panel along the lower margin. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
Pick 80 spans over three decades, during which the note underwent several quiet modifications — signature varieties across successive governors are the primary collecting variable, with at least a dozen distinct signature combinations documented across the series. Some collectors pursue the full run by RBI governor tenure; others focus on the prefix letter blocks, which can help narrow the print period considerably.
The watermark is the sole security feature across the entire run — a notable underinvestment in anti-counterfeiting for a denomination that circulated heavily through rural India well into the 1990s.