Government Issue, 1 rupee (5), ND (1944), green serial number M31 191561-191565, blue-green, head of George VI top right, value at centre, A low right, Jones signature (Pick 25d, Jhunjhunwalla 1.1C), pinholes at left, uncirculated and a scarce run (5) £60-80
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Reserve Bank, 2 rupees, ND (1949), black serial number A/3 853762, lilac and multicoloured, George VI at right, value at centre, Taylor signature (Pick 17a, Jhunjhunwalla 2.3), almost uncirculated £100-120
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Reserve Bank, 2 rupees ND (1949), red serial number H/54 738078, lilac and multicoloured, George VI at right, value at centre, Deshmukh signature (Pick 17c, Jhunjhunwalla 2.3), spindle at left, good very fine and a rare variety £270-350
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Reserve Bank, 5 rupees, ND, Deshmukh signature, brown and green, King George VI at right (Pick 19b), about uncirculated to uncirculated, and 10 rupees, ND, Taylor signature, blue-violet and olive, King George VI at right, reverse blue, elephants at centre (Pick 19a), tears along central fold, otherwise very good, and 1 rupee, ND, Persian Gulf Issue, red, coin with Asoka column at upper right (Pick R1), fine, and 10 rupees, ND, Persian Gulf Issue, red, Asoka column at right, reverse dhow (Pick R3), pressed, tear top margin, otherwise fine, and PAKISTAN. Government of Pakistan, 1 rupee ND (1948), grey-green, King George VI at upper right, reverse coin at upper left (Pick 1), about very fine (5) £150-250
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Reserve Bank, 5 rupees, ND (1938), serial number G/31 127892, purple and green, George VI at right, Taylor signature, reverse purple and green (Pick 18a, Jhunjhunwala 3.1), pinholes at left otherwise uncirculated £100-120
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Reserve Bank, 5 rupees (10), ND (1938), serial number H/47 020590-020599, purple and green and pale orange, George VI at right, Taylor low centre (Pick 18a, Jhunjhunwalla 3.1), pinholes at left, uncirculated, scarce (10) £350-400
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Reserve Bank, 5 rupees (10), ND (1943), serial numbers M/77 870382-870391, purple and green and pale orange, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature low centre (Pick 18b, Jhunjhunwalla 3.2), pinholes at left otherwise uncirculated, scarce (10) £350-400
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Reserve Bank, 10 rupees (2), ND (1937), red prefixes A/32, B/86, blue and green, George VI at right, tree at centre, Taylor signatures (Pick 19a, Jhunjhunwalla 5.1), first rust mark, generally about extremely fine (2) £50-60
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Bombay, ND (1938), serial number A/35 439740, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Taylor signature, profile of King in watermark (Pick 20a, Jhunjhunwalla 7.1A), lightly pressed, fresh and original, almost uncirculated thus rare £650-850
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Bombay, ND (1938), serial number A/55 767640, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Taylor signature, profile of King in watermark (Pick 20a, Jhunjhunwalla 7.1A), a fresh example, almost uncirculated thus rare £700-900
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Bombay, ND (1944), serial number B/4 742979, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature, profile of the King in watermark (Pick 20b, Jhunjhunwalla 7.2A), apart from pinholes an original and fresh example, almost uncirculated thus rare £800-1,000
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Bombay, ND (1944), serial number B/27 789690, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature, profile of King in watermark (Pick 20b, Jhunjhunwalla 7.2A), pressed, an original good very fine to about extremely fine, scarce £450-550
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Bombay, ND (1944), serial number B/66 567581, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature, profile of King in watermark (Pick 20b, Jhunjhunwalla 7.2A), a fresh almost uncirculated thus rare £750-950
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Bombay, ND (1944), serial number B/76 674375, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature, facing portait of the King in watermark (Pick 20c, Jhunjhunwalla 7.2B), a faint soft crease at centre otherwise almost uncirculated and rare thus £1,400-1,800
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Bombay, ND (1944), serial number B/76 674399, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature, facing portait of the King in watermark (Pick 20c, Jhunjhunwalla 7.2B), fresh, almost uncirculated thus rare £1,400-1,800
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Bombay, ND (1944), serial number B/79 497050, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature, facing portait of the King in watermark (Pick 20c, Jhunjhunwalla 7.2B), some foxing at right otherwise good very fine £600-800
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Calcutta, ND (1944), serial A/O 071441, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Taylor signature, profile portait of the King in watermark (Pick 20d, Jhunjhunwalla 7.1B), very fine and a rare first prefix £500-600
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Calcutta, ND (1944), serial number A/75 458768, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature, profile portrait of the King in watermark (Pick 20e, Jhunjhunwalla 7.2D), a solid good extremely fine and scarce £550-650
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Cawnpore, ND (1938), serial number A/16 253591, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Taylor signature, profile portait of the King in watermark (Pick 20g, Jhunjhunwalla 7.1C), very fine and a rare branch £650-750
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Delhi, ND (1944), serial number B/40 754141, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature, profile portait of the King in watermark (Pick 20j, Jhunjhunwalla 7.2G), a strong and original very fine and Delhi issues rare £2,000-2,500
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Kanpur, ND (1944), serial number B/63 619724, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature, profile portait of the King in watermark (Pick 20i for similar, Jhunjhunwalla 7.2j), a pleasing enough good fine and a very rare branch of issue and unlisted in Pick with profile portrait in watermark £1,650-2,000
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Kanpur, ND (1947), green serial number B/82 137872, lilac, green and pale orange, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature, reverse green, tigers head at centre (Pick 20i, Jhunjhunwala 7.2Fva), Jhunjhunwala states profile head in watermark, this example facing head, pinholes at left, otherwise a fresh original good extremely fine, thus very rare £4,000-4,500
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Karachi, ND (1938), serial number A/46 375274, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Taylor signature, profile portait of the King in watermark (Pick 20k, Jhunjhunwalla 7.1D), lightly pressed otherwise extremely fine and a rare branch of issue £1,200-1,400
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Lahore, ND (1938), serial number A/32 694028, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Taylor signature, profile portait of the King in watermark (Pick 20l, Jhunjhunwalla 7.1E), about extremely fine and a rare branch £1,200-1,400
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Lahore, ND (1944), serial number A/67 630378, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature, profile portait of the King in watermark (Pick 20m, Jhunjhunwalla 7.2M), very slight foxing low margin on reverse, about extremely fine and a rare branch £1,200-1,400
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Lahore, ND (1947), serial number A/67 630380, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature, profile portait of the King in watermark (Pick 20m, Jhunjhunwalla 7.2m), slight foxing otherwise almost extremely fine, rare £1,100-1,300
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Madras, ND (1938), serial number A/6 556437, green, purple and pale orange, George VI at right, Taylor signature, profile portait of the King in watermark (Pick 20n, Jhunjhunwalla 7.1F), annotation at left, very fine and rare £550-650
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, Madras, ND (1938), serial number A/59 463437, dark green and lilac, King George VI at right, Taylor signature reverse tiger at centre (Pick 20n, Jhunjhunwala 7.1F), mauve crayon marks in watermark area on obverse and reverse black handstamp on reverse, spike hole, pressed, otherwise fine £300-350
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, ND (1938), Madras, serial number A/11 197034, lilac, green and pale orange, George VI at right, Taylor signature, reverse green, tigers head at centre (Pick 20n, Jhunjhunwala 7.1F), pinholes at left otherwise a fresh original extremely fine thus rare £1,600-1,800
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Reserve Bank, 1000 rupees, Calcutta, ND 1938), serial number A/O 929035, purple and green, crowned head of George VI at right, value low centre and at each corner, Taylor signature, profile of George VI in watermark at left, reverse purple, mountains and landscape at centre, arms at right, value in field (Pick 21b, Jhunjhunwalla 8.1B), fresh and original, good extremely fine thus rare £3,200-4,000
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Reserve Bank, 1000 rupees, Calcutta, ND (1938), serial number A/O 929036, purple and green, crowned head of George VI at right, value low centre and at each corner, Taylor signature, profile of George VI in watermark at left, reverse purple, mountains and landscape at centre, arms at right, value in field (Pick 21b, Jhunjhunwalla 8.1B), consecutive number to previous lot, a fresh and attractive example, good extremely fine and rare £3,200-4,000
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Reserve Bank, 1000 rupees, Calcutta, ND (1938), serial number A/6 414921, purple and green, crowned head of George VI at right, value low centre and at each corner, Taylor signature, profile of George VI in watermark at left, reverse purple, mountains and landscape at centre, arms at right, value in field (Pick 21b, Jhunjhunwalla 8.1B), bank stamp on reverse, about very fine, scarce £1,100-1,400
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Reserve Bank, 5 rupees, ND (1947), red serial number D/65 303674, green, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature (Pick 23b, Jhunjhunwalla 4.2), pinholes at left otherwise almost uncirculated and a rare type with red serial number £700-800
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees (2), ND (1953), serial number A/21 283358/359, blue, Asoka column at right, Rama Rau signature, also 100 rupees (2), ND (1960), serial numbers AC/48 658421/422, purple, Asoka column at right, Bhattacharya signature (Pick 41, Jhunjhunwalla 7.2.1B, Pick 45, Jhunjhunwalla 7.4.2), uncirculated (4) £250-300
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Reserve Bank, 1000 rupees, Bombay, ND (1954), serial number A/O 009386, purple-brown, green and pale blue, Asoka column at right, Rama Rau signature low right, reverse purple-brown, Tanjore Temple at centre (Pick 46a, Jhunjhunwalla 9.1A), bank stamp on reverse, almost extremely fine £300-350
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Reserve Bank, 1000 rupees, Bombay, ND (1954), serial number A/O 245051, purple-brown, green and pale blue, Asoka column at right, Rama Rau signature low right, reverse purple-brown, Tanjore Temple at centre (Pick 46a, Jhunjhunwalla 9.1A), bank stamp on reverse, good very fine £300-350
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Reserve Bank, 1000 rupees, Bombay, ND (1975), serial number A/1 011840, purple-brown, green and pale blue, Asoka column at right, Sengupta signature low right, reverse purple-brown, Tanjore Temple at centre (Pick 65a, Jhunjhunwalla 9.4.1), almost uncirculated £250-300
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Reserve Bank, 1000 rupees, Calcutta, ND (1954), serial number H/O 506399, purple-brown, green and pale blue, Asoka column at right, Rama Rau signature low right, reverse purple-brown, Tanjore Temple at centre (Pick 46b, Jhunjhunwalla 9.1B), bank stamp on reverse, incorrect 'RUPAYA' spelling, central crease otherwise good very fine £250-300
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Reserve Bank, 1000 rupees, Kanpur, ND (1954), serial number U/O 092519, purple-brown, green and pale blue, Asoka column at right, Rama Rau signature low right, reverse purple-brown, Tanjore Temple at centre (Pick 46d, Jhunjhunwalla 9.1D), ink annotation at left and bank stamps on reverse, very fine and a rare branch of issue £750-850
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Government Issue, specimen 100 rupee, ND (1992<\!->), red zero serial numbers, blue-green and multicoloured, Gandhi at right, also a vignette of Gandhi similar to the portrait on the note (Pick 91s), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare (2) £500-700
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Princely States, Indergadh, 1 Anna, 1933 (1942), pink, 1 Anna coin with control number at top, uniface, and Junagadh, 2 Paisa, ND (1943), red, oval seal stamp Junagadh State, reverse serial number, and 1 Anna, ND (1943), violet, oval seal stamp Junagadh State, reverse serial number, and Sayala, Government Issue, 1 Paisa, cash coupon, black, arms at left, series E, uniface (Pick S282, S333, S334, S435), the first about uncirculated, the second fine, the third, ageing, otherwise extremely fine, the fourth staining, otherwise uncirculated (4) £30-40
Gulf Rupees |
Reserve Bank, Gulf issue 1 rupee, ND (1959), serial number Z/10 720573, red, Asoka column at right, B in right field, Roy signature (Pick R1, Jhunjhunwalla 12.1.1), ), uncirculated and scarce £200-240
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Reserve Bank, Gulf issue 1 rupee (2), ND (1959), serial number Z/O 449701/702, red, asoka column at right, B in right field, Roy signature (Pick R1), damage at left margin otherwise extremely fine, a rare consecutive pair (2) £120-160
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Reserve Bank, Gulf 5 rupees, ND (1959), serial number Z/O 990329, orange, Asoka column at right, Lengar signature (Pick R2, Jhunjhunwalla 12.2.1), uncirculated and rare in this grade £900-1,200
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Reserve Bank, 10 rupees, ND (1959), serial number Z/6 095640, red, orange and green, Asoka column at right, Lengar signature (Pick R 3, Jhunjhunwalla 12.3.1), good extremely fine and rare in this grade £350-450
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Reserve Bank, Gulf issue, ND (1959), 1 rupee, red, Roy signature, 5 rupees, orange and 10 rupees, red, both Lengar signature, all Asoka column at right (Pick R 1, 2, 3), generally fine to very fine, scarce (3) £400-500
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Reserve Bank, 100 rupees, ND (1959), serial number Z/3 053022, green and pale orange, Asoka column at right, value at centre, top left, low right, Lengar signature, reverse green, elephants at centre (Pick R4, Jhunjhunwalla 12.4.1), uncirculated and rare and a very popular series £3,600-4,200
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Persian Gulf Issues, Reserve Bank 1 rupee, B, pale red, 5 rupees, orange, 10 rupees, red, and 100 rupees, green, all Z prefix, Asoka at right (Pick R1, 2, 3, 4), generally fine, the 100 rupees about very fine, scarce (4) £2,700-3,000
INDONESIA |
Bank Indonesia, a pattern for a 5 rupiah, 1 January 1959, serial number 5AH 000000, purple and blue, yellow flower at centre, Prince Diponegoro in watermark, reverse purple, also a specimen of the same note with serial number 5CPZ000000 and bird in watermark, reverse blue (cf. Pick 65 for similar) uncirculated, the pattern very rare (2) £450-500
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