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1000 rupees 1939 Reserve Bank of India banknote for Burma

1000 rupees King George VI 1939 Reserve Bank of India banknote for Burma
1000 rupees 1939 Reserve Bank of India banknote for Burma
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Banknotes of India for Burma 1000 rupees 1939 Reserve Bank of India

This banknote 202 x 126 mm is green, brown and multi colored. On the obverse, the banknote issuer “Reserve Bank of India” is printed at the top center. The panel with the portrait of King George VI facing to the left in profile, inside the two lions seated palace shape frame, is at the center. The value “1000” appears on the right. “I promise to pay the bearer on demand at any office of issue in Burma the sum of one thousand rupees” is depicted at the bottom center.
Watermark for this note are profile portrait of King George VI to right at the watermark window on the left. In ornamented border, Reserve Bank of India in one line at top and Reserve Bank Of India in three lines at the bottom. Underneath the watermark window of the left, the country’s name “burma” is printed. The signature of J. B. Taylor, Governor for the Reserve Bank of India appears on prefix code A at the bottom center. The serial numbers of the note appears at the upper left and right.
The reverse is also green and multi-colored. The banknote issuer “Reserve Bank of India” is at the top center. Illustrations of dancing peacocks appear on both left and right upper corners of the note. A walking tiger directly approaching is depicted in the center as the main illustration for this note. The name of the country, Burma, and the value of banknote is printed on the left panel. The King George VI’s image to left appears at watermark window at right.
The value of the banknote written in Burmese script “ngwe dinga ta htaung” signifying one thousand silver pieces is printed beneath both left and right panels. Denominations of the note written in English and Shan script “ngeun haeng nueng” signifying one thousand silver pieces are found at the bottom center, underneath the image of a tiger. This note was issued on July 1939 and demonetized on May 1, 1945.

Reserve Bank of India Banknotes
Banknotes of India for Burma (1938-1939) "King George VI" Issue

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