India’s unique challenge of making money from cotton waste
2010-07-21
Live Mint has posted an interesting article on banknote production in India.Read More…
India approves new symbol for rupee
2010-07-17
On 15 July 2010, India’s Union Cabinet approved a symbol for the rupee which is a combination of the Roman “R” without the vertical stroke and the Devnagri letter “ra.” The symbol was designed by Bombay IIT postgraduate D Udaya Kumar. A finance ministry official said the government is notRead More…
India new date (2010) 20-rupee note (B281e) confirmed
2010-07-09
Like B281d, but new date (2010). Letter: None, E, R. Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.Read More…
India new date (2010) 500-rupee note (B284f) confirmed
2010-07-09
Like B284e, but new date (2010). Letter: None, E, L, R. Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.Read More…
India new date (2009) 10-rupee note (B280e) confirmed
2010-03-15
Like B280d, but new date (2009). Letter: None, L, R. Courtesy of Sejin Ahn.Read More…
India new date (2009) 1,000-rupee note (B285f) confirmed
2010-03-02
Like B285e, but new date (2009). Letter: None, L, R. Courtesy of Rafal Nogowczyk.Read More…
India new date (2009) 100-rupee note (B283f) confirmed
2010-01-25
Like B283e, but new date (2009). Letter: None, F, R. Courtesy of Alberto Fochi.Read More…
India new date (2008) 50-rupee note (B282d) confirmed
2010-01-25
Like B282c, but new date (2008). Letter: None, E, R. Courtesy of Alberto Fochi.Read More…
India replacing 1- and 2-rupee notes with coins
2009-12-09
According to an article in The Economic Times dated 08.12.09, the Reserve Bank of India is replacing 1- and 2-rupee banknotes with coins due to the short life span and high costs of printing small-denomination notes. In a written reply to Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Namo NarainRead More…
India new 5-rupee note (B279a) confirmed
2009-06-26
Like B271, but with date (2009) at lower center on back (previous issues were undated), new signature (Subbarao), windowed security thread with demetalized text, and inset letter E. Courtesy of banknoteshop@gmx.net.Read More…