Obverse
3rd issue: Printed at Nasik. First released from Lahore on 18th December 1933.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA in top. Portrait of King George V in right window. 10 in three corners. Relief underprint TEN RUPEES beside signature panel. Single serial number on top right in Red. TEN RUPEES in Central Denomination Panel with a banana tree in foreground and lake and hills in background. Signed FOR THE GOVT OF INDIA. GOVT used in abbreviation before signature.
Reverse
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA on top, TEN RUPEES below. 10 in rosette divides two elephants with Mahout. Language panel to left. RUPEES above elephants in relief.
Microlettering
RUPEES / TEN 10 TEN in concentric circles in the upper and lower edges within promise text panel. RUPEES and 10 in ornated pattern and G / O / I within circles of ornated pattern in reverse within watermark window.
Language Panel
Type 2.
Watermark
Profile portrait of George V facing right. TEN RUPEES/GOVERNMENT/OF/INDIA/TEN RUPEES in five lines.
Note
Some of these notes were overprinted for use in Burma. See Type 5.2 in Chapter 5.
Table
Type No. | Signature | Prefix | Remark |
---|---|---|---|
3.8.1 A | J.B. Taylor | M0 – 81 | Thin paper: 2.5 to 3 thousandth of an inch thickness. Released in 1934 |
3.8.1 B | J.B. Taylor | M82 - 99, N | Thick paper: 3.5 to 4 thousandth of an inch thickness. Released in 1935 |
3.8.2 | J.W. Kelly | N, P, Q, R,S | - |