B-8 2 Rupees Ornamental Issue - Diamond series Plain Inset L. K. Jha

B-8

Signature: L. K. Jha

Pick Numbers: P51b B235b

Colour: Reddish-brown and Green

Size: 107 x 63 mm

Inset: No / Plain / Without

Language Panel: 13 regional text values - Assamee, Bangla, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.

Obverse: 

'RESERVE BANK OF INDIA'/'GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT' text with the promise text on top centre. Watermark panel on left, Denomination panel on centre and Ashoka Pillar on right.  'TWO RUPEES/2' in centre of the denomination panel. 'दो रुपये' (in Hindi) text below the watermark window and RBI monogram above it. Diagonal '2' in the top corners. Signed by the GOVERNOR, FOR THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA in English. Black serial number with a large font on the bottom right. Tiny 'TWO RUPEES / RESERVE BANK OF INDIA / भारत' text in 3 lines below the Governor signature. Relief underprint 'TWO RUPEES' text beneath the serial number. 

Reverse: 'RESERVE BANK OF INDIA' text at the top centre. Language panel on the left, Bengal tiger standing in the field with trees and mountains in centre and watermark window on right. Watermark window design changed. Language panel with 13 regional text values, incorrect Urdu text. 'दो रुपये' (in Hindi) text on left below the language panel. 'TWO RUPEES' text on the right bottom below the watermark window. RBI seal with tiger and palm tree in the centre bottom below the tiger. Tiny 'भारत' (in Hindi) text below the RBI seal. Diagonal '2' in the top corners. 

Watermark: Ashoka Pillar on left, Numeric '2' in the centre and R/B/I in 3 lines on the right.

Security thread: No

Prefix: F G H J K L M

Remark: Design and format the same as the previous issue (B-7). Signature changed.