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Price Guide to Indian Paper Currency - Part II by Ajay Kumar Gupta
5 Rupees S.NO DETAILS C/1 B. RAMARAU 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
FIVE RUPEES Rupya Rupye
YEAR PREFIX SIZE PRICE 26.1.50 A-D 73X127 7000
-------19.7.51 -------1.4.53 H.V.R. IYENGAR 57-62 -------A ---P.C. BHATTACHARYA A 6.2.64 -------B 62-67 -------DIAMOND SMALL 17.4.67 L.K. JHA DIAMOND SMALL 23-7-67 -------GANDHI 2.10.69 B.N. ADARKAR GANDHI 24.8.70 S. JAGNANATH WRONG 24.9.70 -------RIGHT 11.1.75 -------A 16.5.76 -------TRACTOR 24.3.75 K.R. PURI 75-77 -------A 26.6.77 M. NARSHIMHAM A 31.8.77 I.G. PATEL A 17.10.79 -------B 79-82 -------C ---MANMOHAN C 3.3.83
A-N P-R R-Y A-R S-Y A-E A-F F-Q A-D E-G A-V V-Y A-D A-H H-W A-C C-K K-W A-W A-R S-W
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C.D. DESHMUKH B. RAMARAU --------------HVR IYENGAR -------PC BHATTACHARYA --------------DIAMOND L.K. JHA DIAMOND --------------B.N. ADARKAR S. JAGANNATH -------- WRONG -------- RIGHT -------K.R. PURI M. NARSHIMHAM -------I.G. PATEL -------MANMOHAN SINGH -------AMITAV GHOSH R.N. MALHOTRA --------------S. VENKETRAMAN --------- SINGLE LINES. JAGANNATH K.R. PURI M. NARSHIMHAM I.G. PATEL -------MANMOHAN SINGH R.N. MALHOTRA -------S. VENKETRAMAN -------C. RANGARAJAN --------------------------------------------------------BIMAL JALAN -------------------------------------------
YEAR PREFIX 1.12.49 TEN RUPEES 26.1.50
Rupya Rupye
2.8.51 1.4.53 1957 A 13.11.58 A 1962 B ---SMALL 17.4.67 SMALL 23.7.67 BROWN 1969 GANDHI 2.10.69 GANDHI 24.8.70 BROWN 70-75 A ---A ---B ---B 75-77 B 1977 C -C 77-82 D ---D 82-85 E ---E 1985 F 85-90 G ---Satyameo ---K-UPON 90-92 NO. SMALL ---MAYUR 70-75 ---75-77 ---1977 ---77-82 A ---A 82-85 B 85-90 C ---SHALIMAR 90-92 A ---A 92-97 B ---C ---D ---E ---GANDHI ---L ---M ---R ---A 97-03 B ---L ---M ---N ---P ---Q ----
A A-D A-S S-W W-Z A-T T-Y A-Y A-L L-R A-G A-J K-N H-Y A-R R-Y AB B-W WX A-E F-W A-R S-W A-U YW A-W A-W A-G K L-Q A-K L-N P-S T-W A-K L-Q A-W A-T A-W A-H K-W A-W A-W A-W A-L A-W A-W A-W A-R A-W A-M A-W A-W A-W A-W A-W
SIZE 83 X 146 ---------------------63 X 137 ---------------------------------------------------------------63 X 137 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
PRICE 30000 7500 1000 1500 1500 700 700 600 300 400 500 500 500 100 100 150 1500 100 1500 150 75 75 125 75 500 50 50 75 300 60 250 300 350 200 150 150 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 75 75 40 40 40 40 40
S.NO DETAILS 57 58 59 D/60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87
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YEAR PREFIX R S T GANDHI A R S 2006 L R 2007 A L M R S A/08 M N S 2008 R 2009 L R A/10 M R S N/11 S
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PRICE 40 40 40 30 30 30 50 30 30 30 30 50 30 30 30 50 25 25 25 25 30 50 20 20 20 15 15 15 15 15 15
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