Wednesday, 12 August 2020

D-013 10 Rupees Commemorative Issue Plain Inset B.N. Adarkar

D-13
Signature: B.N. Adarkar
Pick Numbers: P69b B254b
Colour: Black on Brown, Pale green
Size: 137 x 63 mm
Inset: No / Plain / Without
Language Panel: 13 regional text values - Assamese, Bangla, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.

Obverse: 'RESERVE BANK OF INDIA' text at the top centre. 'GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT' text on the top centre of denomination panel. 'भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक'/'केन्द्रीय सरकार द्वारा प्रत्याभूत' (in Hindi) text below it. Watermark window in left, Denomination panel in the centre and Ashoka Pillar in right. Large vertical '10' in denomination panel. Promise text in both English and Hindi either side of denomination panel. Promise text 'I/PROMISE/TO PAY THE/BEARER/THE SUM OF/RUPEES TEN' text in 6 lines. Signed by the GOVERNOR in English and Hindi in the bottom centre. Vertical '10' in the top left corner. Black serial numbers with large font in top right corner and bottom left corner. 'दस रुपये' (in Hindi) text on the bottom right corner. 

Reverse: 'भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक' (in Hindi) text at the top centre. Language panel in left, seated Mahatma Gandhi in centre and watermark window in right. Language panel with 13 regional text values, incorrect Urdu text. Mahatma Gandhi reading a book at the Sabarmati Ashram on centre. 'दस रुपये' (in Hindi) text on the bottom left corner. 'TEN RUPEES' text on the bottom right corner. RBI seal with tiger and palm tree in the bottom centre. Vertical '10' on top corners. 

Watermark: Ashoka Pillar on left, R/B/I in 3 lines on centre and Numeric '10' on right.

Security thread: Solid security thread.

Prefix: K L M N

Remark: Design and format the same as the previous issue (D-12). Signature changed. 

Note: Gandhiji's birth centenary issue 1869 - 1948

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