Type 1A.1.1 (1800 – 1819)

TYPE 1A.1.2 (1823 – 1829)
July 6, 2017

Type 1A.1.1 (1800 – 1819)

Type

Uniface Notes

Vignette

Personified ‘Ganga’ on left, and Mahout on an elephant to right in oval frame

Obverse

BANK OF HINDOSTAN in top centre and CALCUTTA in Promise text panel. Printed in dark brown with a Red and black decorative print in the upper and lower margin. Space for manuscript serial number on the upper left corner and space for manuscript date on the upper right and lower left corner. Cashier and entered by manuscript signature for the BANK OF HINDOSTAN. Denomination at the centre of the lower margin in Bangla, English and Persian each within separate rectangular panels. Printed at Perkins & Bacon, London using Patent Hardened Steel Plate. Engraved by Ashby, London.

Watermark

Looped pattern along all four sides in the border with double loop on either side. In centre BANK OF HINDOSTAN written in Bangla, English and Persian in three lines.

Note

Date of withdrawal: 1819.

Table

Type No. Denominations Remark
1A.1.1.1 4 Sicca Rupees 18xx, Unissued
1A.1.1.2 10 Sicca Rupees 18xx, Unissued
1A.1.1.3 20 Sicca Rupees 18xx, Unissued

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