2016-12-13 Tue

The first issues of this Ten rupee note were printed in May 1923 AD with the vignette of King George V.

The early banknotes of Government of India were issued in 1861 AD. Hence, they were unchanged and unsophisticated for more than half a century. Later to change these notes and to make them less venerable to forgery a new design was introduced in 1914. But due to the outbreak of World War I the idea was dropped and new smaller denomination was introduced against the silver metal. Slowly, the pictorial note was issued in all denominations till the end of 1932 AD.

This ten rupee note was printed in England at the Bank of England press in White, handmade and moulded paper. On this note, “Government of India” is printed in the upper and lower margins. The Portrait of King George V facing left is depicted in the right window. The serial number is printed on upper and lower margin with denomination 10 on top and bottom corners. TEN/RUPEES is depicted Central Denomination panel which is signed “for the Government of India”. The background has a basket weaved with 10 within it.

The reverse of this note depicts a star with rays with the motto “heaven light our guide’ on the order of the star of India and a language panel with eight Indian languages on it. The watermark consists of a star in rectangular and stylised GRI and five wavy lines along the border and a random line on the border.

The order of the star of India was basically bestowed by the British crown through the Knighthood to the Indian kings and British Officers in Indian administration and Civil Services. These notes were printed in three prefixes A, B and C, it consists of the signature of A.C.Mcwatters and H.Denning. But later in 1923, the new 5 and 10 rupee notes were introduced.

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