2 Rupees

Obverse © KRISHNA KAMESWAR@NPSEG – Reverse © NADIMPALLI RAMARAJU

Features

Issuer	India
Period	Republic (1950-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1967-1968
Value	2 Rupees 2 INR = USD 0.021
Currency	Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	107 × 63 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 203646
References	P# 51 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Series: Diamond series

Obverse

Red brown & Green. Redrawn design.

Scripts: Devanagari, Latin

Lettering:
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER
ON DEMAND THE SUM OF
TWO RUPEES
2
AT ANY OFFICE OF ISSUE
FOR THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
(SIGNATURE)
GOVERNOR

Reverse

Full tiger figure with 13 regional languages on the back. Circular Reserve Bank of India monogram moving towards the center.
(13 Indian Languages – excluding Hindi and English)

• Assamese: দুই টকা
• Bengali: দুই টাকা
• Gujarati: બે રૂપિયા
• Kannada: ಎರಡು ರೂಪಾಯಿ
• Kashmiri: دو روپیہ
• Konkani: दोन रुपये
• Malayalam: രണ്ട് രൂപ
• Marathi: दोन रुपये
• Nepali: दुई रुपैयाँ
• Oriya (Odia): ଦୁଇ ଟଙ୍କା
• Punjabi (Gurmukhi): ਦੋ ਰੁਪਏ
• Sanskrit: द्वे रूप्यके
• Tamil: இரண்டு ரூபாய்
• Telugu: రెండు రూపాయలు
• Urdu: دو روپیہ

Scripts: Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati, Kannada, Latin, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Gurmukhi

Lettering:
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
DO ROOPAYE
TWO RUPEES

Translation:
Reserve Bank of India
Two Rupees
Two Rupees

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Date	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1967)	$ 1.20	$ 1.20	$ 2.60	$ 2.60	$ 2.60	P-51a, Signature P. C. Bhattacharya	62%
ND (1968)		$ 1.90	$ 2.40	$ 2.40	$ 2.40	P-51b, Signature L. K. Jha	56%

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Past sales

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	Katz Auction 64 Lot 561	17 Aug 2022	Undetermined	UNC	USD 8.10 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 118 Lot 105	23 Mar 2024	Undetermined	F	USD 5.79 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 197 Lot 63	6 Jun 2026	Undetermined		USD 8.10 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 189 Lot 89	3 Apr 2026	Undetermined		Unsold
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	Katz Auction 185 Lot 55	24 Feb 2026	Undetermined		USD 20.83 (EUR 18.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 179 Lot 125	27 Dec 2025	Undetermined		Unsold
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	Katz Auction 172 Lot 206	24 Oct 2025	Undetermined		Unsold
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	Katz Auction 168 Lot 74	10 Sep 2025	Undetermined		Unsold
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