Obverse
3rd issue Red underprint. Universalised. Payable at any office of issue.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA in centre. Four serial numbers on all corners. Date below language panel on either side. The language panels are below promise text. Denomination panel on either side. 50 / RUPEES on top of denomination panel. FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA in a
panel on lower left with the signature to its right. Red underprint of irregular ovals under upper serial numbers and large FIFTY in middle. FIFTY across the underprint of ‘FT’ in Central Denomination Panel. Alphabet on either side of language panel, the alphabet indicates circle
of issue.
Paper
White, hand-made; moulded. The paper mould manufacured two notes joined together which were cut vertically after printing. The cut or the sharp edge is either on left or right. The other three edges are uneven or deckle edges.
Language Panel and Denomination Panel
No. 6.
Serial Number
Four
Watermark
Same as type 2A.4.1, but 50 replaces INDIA in centre.
Note
- Change in promise text “At any office of issue” added after ‘on demand’ and ‘The sum of Rupees Fifty’ as ‘Fifty Rupees’ earlier
- The names of the Issuing Circles are withdrawn and replaced by their initial C for Calcutta; B for Bombay; M for Madras; L for Lahore; K for Kurrachee; A for Cawnpore and R for Rangoon on either side of the date.
- Denomination panel merged.
- Some notes of this type were Sea sunk in S. S. Egypt, Circle B dated 17.05.1918, Prefix MD97
Table
| Type No. | Signature | Prefix |
|---|---|---|
| 2A.4.3 A Circle Initial C (Calcutta) | ||
| 2A.4.3 A.1 | M.M.S. Gubbay | OB |
| 2A.4.3 A.2 | H. Denning | PD, RD |
| 2A.4.3 A.3 | A.C. McWatters | OD, PD |
| 2A.4.3 B Circle Initial B (Bombay) | ||
| 2A.4.3 B.1 | H.F. Howard | SB, WB |
| 2A.4.3 B.2 | M.M.S. Gubbay | MD, ZB, ZC |
| 2A.4.3 B.3 | A.C. McWatters | SD, ZC |
| 2A.4.3 B.4 | H. Denning | SD, WD |
| 2A.4.3 C Circle Initial M (Madras) | ||
| 2A.4.3 C.1 | H.F. Howard | JC |
| 2A.4.3 D Circle Initial L (Lahore) | ||
| 2A.4.3 D.1 | SPECIMEN | EC, ED |
| 2A.4.3 D.2 | A.C. McWatters | ED |
| 2A.4.3 D.3 | H. Denning | EE |
| 2A.4.3 E Circle Initial K (Kurrachee) | ||
| 2A.4.3 E.1 | M.M.S. Gubbay | GB |
| 2A.4.3 E.2 | A.C. McWatters | GB |
| 2A.4.3 E.3 | H. Denning | GD |
| 2A.4.3 F Circle Initial A (Cawnpore) | ||
| 2A.4.3 F.1 | A.C. McWatters | DC |
| 2A.4.3 F.2 | H. Denning | DD |
