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5000 Rupees Twelve Year National Plan Savings Certificate
| Issuer | Government of India, Ministry of Finance |
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| Year | 1957 |
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| Value | 5000 Rupees |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress certificate with ornate guilloche border. The Ashoka Pillar emblem appears at top centre and in each corner vignette, flanked by denomination numerals '5000' in large type at left and right. The central text field carries the official savings certificate declaration, with ruled lines for handwritten particulars, post office date-stamp, and Postmaster signature. |
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| Reverse description | Blue letterpress reverse headed 'RECEIPT ON DISCHARGE.' with a graduated redemption value table at left listing encashable amounts from one to twelve years against the Rs. 5000 principal. The right half contains a receipt panel for recording payment, holder signature or thumb impression, and date. A footer note advises registration of serial number in case of loss. |
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India's Twelve Year National Plan Savings Certificates were instruments of directed public finance, not currency — they were designed to channel private savings into the Second and Third Five-Year Plans under Nehru's state-led development program. The twelve-year maturity was deliberate, aligning redemption roughly with the planning horizon the Finance Ministry was working toward in the late 1950s.
At ₹5,000 face value, this was firmly a high-denomination instrument aimed at institutional holders and wealthy individuals, not retail savers. Surviving examples are uncommon; most were either redeemed through proper channels and cancelled, or destroyed administratively.