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Welcome to the FIRST site on the Web on Indian Currency. This site gives a pictorial account of the history of Indian Paper Money.

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This book is a Standard Reference Guide, giving details of all Notes issued in India since 1770 up to April 2000, covering a history of 200 years. It classifies Indian Notes into 1500 categories with 763 illustrations in full color, giving details of Paper, Printer, Watermark, Size, Prefix, Signatories, etc. A current Price List is also included.

This book traces the history of Indian Paper Money right from it’s inception in 1770 till the present times. It provides the reader with the historical perspective of evolution of Paper Money in India, along with details of the relevant historical, political and socio-economic developments in those eras.

As a classification, Indian Paper Money can be grouped into the following categories:

Notes issued by the early Private and Semi-Government Banks (up to 1861 AD), popularly called as Presidency Banks.
Notes of the Government of India (1861-1925).
Pictorial Notes bearing portrait of King George V.
Pictorial Notes bearing portrait of King George VI.
Notes issued by the Reserve Bank of India; the Post-Independence period.
Notes issued by Indo-French territories.
Notes issued by Indo-Portuguese territories.
Prisoner-of-War coupons, including coupons issued to internees during the Boer war, WWI, WWII and the Indo-Pak wars.
Notes issued by the Princely states in India (Hyderabad, Jammu & Kashmir, etc.)
Emergency Issues (Cash Coupons) of the Princely states issued during 1942-1945.
Indian Currency used in other countries (Burma,Pakistan, Gulf and Haj).

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