100 rupees 1947 King George VI, Reserve Bank of India banknote for Burma Currency Board (signed by C. D. Deshmukh)
This Reserve Bank of India’s 1937 and 1943 issue 100 rupees banknote measures 171 x 107 mm, is green on lilac overprinted with the words “burma currency board, legal in burma only” in red ink on dark green lilac in four lines. The note issuer the Reserve Bank of India is printed at the top center. The place name Calcutta in black is overprinted. The portrait of King George VI, side view, is on the right panel and as a watermark is at left window. This note is signed by C. D. Deshmukh. C. D. Deshmukh signed on prefix code B/47-600001 to 1000000, B/53-000001 to 800000, serial number in black. The serial numbers are both at bottom left and right.
The reverse’s main illustration at center is a tiger’s head. The denomination of the note is underneath the drawing of the head of a tiger. The name of the banknote issuer “The Reserve Bank of India” is printed at top center. Small panels of the monetary value are depicted at upper left, and lower left and right. A small panel showing a tiger walking underneath a palm tree is depicted at upper right corner. The denomination of the note in eight languages including Burmese script ‘ngwe dinga ta ya” signifying one hundred silver pieces in the fourth line is in the left side panel. The portrait of King George VI as a watermark is in the right window.
When Burma became a fully fledged independent country, under the Military Administration of Burma, the Burma Currency Board banknotes were issued on July 1, 1947 demonetized on May 1, 1950, up to December 31, 1950, initially, then to March 31, 1951, finally to January 15, 1952.
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