Here are some facts about Indian currency that you probably don't know. In fact, we can bet you don't know at least half of these, if not more.
1. Big Bribe Notes Discontinued. Thank God!
As we all know that Rs.1000/- is largest/ biggest denomination of
Indian currency today today, but before independence — 10,000 and 5000 rupees currency notes existed. RBI demonetized all such notes in 1938, and reissued them in 1954 and once again demonetized in 1978.
2. More Than What Meets The Eye
I
think you noticed year of issue on a mint, but have you ever noticed
the different symbols below the year. These symbols are actually
specifying where the originated. The following insets have been assumed
and be allotted…
- Noida – have a dot
- Mumbai – have a diamond
- Hyderabad – have a star
- Kolkata – Nothing beneath the year
3. Two Currencies, One Nation!
At
one point there were two currencies operating in India. It was
Hyderabadi Rupee from 1918 to 1959. It coexisted with Indian rupee from
1950
4. Two Nations, One Currency!!!
When Pakistan was in its infancy after India-Pak separation in 1947,
they used Indian currency with "Pakistan" stamped on it for the first
few months till there was enough circulation of Pakistani notes.
5. WW II Coin Crisis
The
shortage of metal during World War II necessitated 36 Princely States
mostly in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Sind, Baluchistan and central provinces to
issue paper tokens instead of coins, some with the value of
One Pice or 1/192nd of a Rupee.
6. How Do You Write ₹ In MS Word ???
New
Rupee Symbol of India - How to use in Computers? Download the font.
-> ”Rupee_Foradia.ttf” Save it to fonts folder of your PC: Location :
C:/Windows/Fonts and then go to the C:/Windows/Fonts location and
install (double click) Open your word processor and select the
“Rupee_forindian”. Just select “Rupee” font from the drop down list of
your fonts in your application and press the key just above your tab
button. It will display the new Rupee symbol of India.
7. The Very First Rupaiya. How Our Money Has De-evaluated!
The
First One Rupee Notes were issued on 30th November, 1917 bearing photo
of King George V. These were issued in a form of unstapled packet of 25
notes, printed on White hand-made moulded paper and signed by any of the
3 signatories who were M. M. S. Gubbay, A. C. Mc Watters & H.
Denning.
8. Do You
Know How The Re 1 Note Is Unique Amongst All Others?
A major difference between the one rupee note and other notes are that all RBI notes have the statement “
I promise to pay the bearer a sum of xxx rupees” but one rupee note does not have this statement.
Unlike
all other currency notes that have ‘Bhartiya Reserve Bank’ and ‘Reserve
Bank of India’ printed on them, One Rupee note will have ‘Bharat
Sarkar’ on its masthead, with ‘Government of India’ printed below that.
9. The Story Behind The Smiling
Mahatma
We
can see in all Indian currencies, Gandhiji’s facial image being
printed. The smiling Gandhiji is very popular among the countrymen. Many
of us think that image is a drawn picture. But, in fact it was a photo
shot and picturised in 1946 by an unknown photographer. The original
photo is displayed here. In the original photo Gandhiji smiles to some
person nearby. That hollow smile picture had been developed into a
mirror image and then the same has been imaged in the Indian Rupee
currencies.
10. Coins Were Minted In Other Countries When Required
Because
of the increasing demand for coins, the Indian government was forced to
mint coins in foreign countries at various points in the country's
history.
Foreign Mint Marks:
- Pretoria - diamond mark under the date 1943.
- Seoul - a five pointed star under the date of the coin but exactly below the first or Last Digits of dates 1985 and 1997.
- Birmingham (Royal Mint, UK) - small dot under the date of the coin but exactly below the first digit of date 1985.
- Heaton Press - Ornamental/decorated letter "H" under the last digit of the date 1985.
- Ottawa - a "C" mint mark under the date of the coin.
- Mexico City - "M" mint mark under the date of the coin.
Mints in Daegu, Korea, Slovakia (Kremnca), and Russia (Moscow) have also been used.
11.
Different Currency Denominations Depict A Different Aspect Of India's Progress
Rs 1000 note: It was reissued in 2000. It depicts modern India.
Rs 500 note: It was reissued in 1987. It shows Dandi yatra (11 moorti).
Rs 100 note: IT depicts Himalayan range (non-living ecology).
Rs 50 note: It depicts sansad bhavan (democratic India).
Rs 20 note: It depicts palm trees (living ecology).
Rs 10 note: It depicts wildlife.
Rs 5 note: It depicts agriculture (green revolution).
