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The Revised Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money

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312: 200:. The book includes a comprehensive listing of all Indian banknotes since 1770. Early on, all paper currency of India was printed by the Bank of England and shipped to India for distribution. The British India banknotes of King George V were also printed in England. In 1928, the India Security Press at Nasik became functional and took over from the 288:, the sole author of the original ‘’The Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money’’. The authors of the book also acknowledged the roles of Rekha Chandrabhanu, Bazil Shaikh, Murali Thantry, Sanjay Mittal, Mahalingeshwar Athani and Amarbir Singh, an expert on the banknotes and coins of the 159:
are avid collectors of Indian currency. The book traces the evolution of Indian currency dating back to 1770. It captures the various nuances of modern-day currency as well as incidents that helped shape this sector over the years. The book is in its second edition—the first was authored by
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was established, and since then it has been the only currency-issuing authority and monetary agency for India. The King George VI Portrait Series were in circulation from 1936 till 1947. The series of King
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The Revised Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money’’ includes high resolution colour images of notes from Semi-Government and Presidency Banks, which functioned until 1861. The Government of India
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The book has an entire chapter on Essays, Patterns, Proofs and Trials, which displays many of the best Indian banknotes that were designed but never made it into circulation.
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Vignettes in the book include the history of Indian bank notes dating back to 1770, when the Bank of Hindostan, a private bank located in
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The book also deals with banknotes since Indian independence, up to the current series of banknotes with the portrait of
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issued its first banknotes. However, the earliest banknote to still survive is dated 1810, by the
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The book illustrates the watermarks and explains the minute features of the notes in detail.
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of 1919-1953 also form a part of this book. Also listed are the issue of banknotes by
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that were printed on paper were issued to counteract the shortage of metal during
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to keep the scholars and collectors up to date on Indian Banknote research.
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in India. It was published in India by Coins & Currencies.
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The Revised Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money
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The Revised Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money
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Jhunjhunwalla, whose collection was later purchased by
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Rezwan Razack
Kishore Jhunjhunwalla
Numismatics
ISBN
978-81-89752-15-6
Rezwan Razack
Kishore Jhunjhunwalla
paper money
Kishore Jhunjhunwalla
Rezwan Razack
Rezwan Razack
Reserve Bank of India
British Raj
uniface
Queen Victoria
Calcutta
Bank of Bengal
Bank of England
Reserve Bank of India
George V
George VI
Burma
Pakistan
Mahatma Gandhi
Hajj
pilgrims
banknotes of Hyderabad
Jammu and Kashmir
Saurashtra

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