The history of British India currency notes has always been a fascinating subject for banknote collectors and notaphilists around the world. Let’s take a look at two types of 10 rupees British India Notes that belonged to two different categories today. 10 Rupees British India Notes from Queen Victoria Portrait series These beautiful 10 Rupees currency of British India belonged to the Queen Victoria Portrait series and was issued for Calcutta circle on 9th May 1862. They were called as uniface notes as they featured designs only on one side and were made using handmade while paper. These rectangular British India notes had a breadth of 16 cms and length of 30 cms. They featured the signature of H. Hydes and prefix A. The obverse side of these wonderful British Indian currency notes featured a profile portrait of Queen Victoria in a floral wreath, text 'Government of India'; Serial numbers with prefix - One letter and two numerals, promise text; Denomination in words on both sides - Bangla on the left and Persian on the right; Circle between printed mirrored dates on both sides; Denomination in numerals in a panel; Sub-Circle name as an overprint; Hand stamped signature, 'For The Government Of India; Denomination panel in numerals and words. The watermark on this amazing British currency in India featured the text GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, denomination in words and numerals, signature of the then the finance member of legislative Council, Sir james Wilson, signature of the then the Governor General, Lord canning and wavy lines in central promise text panel. 10 Rupees British India Notes from the Uniface Government of India Series This old 10 Rupees currency of British India belonged to the Uniface series of the Government of India and was issued for Calcutta Circle on 10th December 1883 using White, handmade; moulded paper. These stunning British India notes featured designs only on one side and had a dimension of 12cm X 17cm. They featured the signature of J. Westland and came with prefixes P and R. The language Panel featured texts in four languages namely, Urdu, Kaithi, Hindi, Bengali. The obverse side of these valuable British Indian currency notes depicted the text Government Of India; Serial numbers on both sides; mirrored dates on both sides, Circle of Issue, language panel; promise text; Denomination panel on both sides; '10/Rupees' in a circle in the lower corners; 'For The Government Of India' with the signature; Green underprint - Irregular ovals under the serial number and a large 'Ten'. The watermark on this currency of British India featured wavy lines within a wavy rectangular panel. INDIA, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, Vertical RUPEES inverted on both sides, Plate number in an alphabet and week and year of manufacture in four digits. Now that you know about these two varieties of 10 Rupees British India notes, you can look for them and start building a set.
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