G-001 100 Rupees Elephant series B. Rama Rau

G-001

B. Rama Rau

Pick Numbers: P41 B223

Colour: Pale blue to Indigo, Violet and Multicolour

Size: 172 x 109 mm

Inset: No / Plain / Without

Language Panel: 8 Regional text value - Oriya, Telugu, Bangla, Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Kannada, Gujarati

Issue Place: Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Kanpur and Delhi

Obverse: 'RESERVE BANK OF INDIA' in top centre. Watermark window on left, Denomination panel on centre and Ashoka Pillar on right. Large Ornamental windows on both wings for the watermark window on the left and Ashoka Pillar on the right. 'GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT' and promise text 'I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER' and ON DEMAND THE SUM OF' in 3 lines above denomination panel. Large text 'ONE HUNDRED/RUPEES' in 2 lines in the centre of denomination panel and 'AT ANY OFFICE OF ISSUE' text below it. Black serial numbers with a large font on the bottom left and right corners. 'FOR THE/RESERVE BANK/OF INDIA' in 3 lines next to the bottom-left serial number and Signed by the GOVERNOR. Relief underprint of 'ONE HUNDRED RUPEES' beneath the serial numbers and Governor signature. Diagonal 'RS/100' in 2 lines on the top corners. 

Reverse: 'RESERVE BANK OF INDIA' in top centre. RBI seal with tiger and palm tree in the left, pair of Tusker Elephants standing in the forest in front of sugarcane fields at centre and watermark window on right. 'ONE/HUNDRED RUPEES' in 2 lines below Tusker Elephants. 3 regional text value below RBI seal, 3 regional text value below watermark window and 'सौ रुपया' wrong Hindi & Urdu inscriptions in the centre below 'ONE/HUNDRED RUPEES'. 'RS/100' in 2 lines above RBI seal and watermark window. 

Watermark: Chains, Ashoka Pillar, 'RESERVE/BANK OF/INDIA' in 4 lines and Chains. 

Security thread: Solid security thread.

Prefix: Bombay: A/0 - A/12 Calcutta: H/0- H/15 Madras: Q/0 - Q/12 Kanpur: U/0 - U-3 Delhi: X/0 -X/3

Remark: Tusker Elephants. Incorrect Hindi and Urdu regional value text.