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Thursday 11 August 2011

1940 August Indian's currency,

      In August 1940, the one-rupee note was reintroduced, once again as a war time measure, as a Government note with the status of a rupee coin,
Rupees Two
Rupee One Reverse


Rupee One Obverse 
            As an added security feature, the security thread was introduced for the first time in India.

George VI Profile
George VI Frontal


        The George VI series continued till 1947 and thereafter as a frozen series till 1950 when post independence notes were issued.

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