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5 Rupees Dated Reverse
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 2009-2011 |
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| Printer | Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India, India (2006-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette shows a farmer operating a tractor-drawn plough across a furrowed field, with a rising sun on the horizon rendered in intaglio and letterpress. The denomination panel at left carries the value in fifteen Indian regional scripts, while 'FIVE RUPEES' appears in bold at lower right and 'पाँच रुपये' at lower left. The year of printing is inscribed at centre below the vignette, and the title 'भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक' runs along the top in Devanagari script. |
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| Variants | P#94Aa - 2009 plate letter E P#94Ab - 2009 plate letter L P#94Ac - 2010 without plate letter P#94Ad - 2010 plate letter L P#94Ae - 2010 plate letter R P#94Af - 2011 plate letter R |
| Comments |
The "Dated Reverse" designation distinguishes this note from the earlier P#94 issue by the addition of the year of printing on the reverse — a change the Reserve Bank of India introduced partly in response to public and institutional pressure for greater currency transparency following high-profile counterfeiting cases in the early 2000s. The 5 Rupee denomination had been a persistent target, its relatively low value making it economically attractive for crude forgery operations operating outside major urban centers.
Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India, a government-owned entity spun off from the Ministry of Finance in 2006, produced this note domestically — a point worth noting given that earlier Indian small-denomination issues had at times relied on foreign printers. The watermark remains the sole listed security feature, modest even by the standards of the period.