2 Rupees

Obverse

Serial number below Asoka column at Right side

Scripts: Devanagari, Latin

Lettering:
Reserve Bank of India
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक
GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER THE SUM OF TWO RUPEES

Reverse

Reserve Bank Seal below Bengal tiger at center
Two Rupee – Multilingual Depiction on Currency Note
(13 Indian Languages – excluding Hindi and English)

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

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

Lettering: भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक

Translation: Reserve Bank of India

Watermark

Lion Capital of Ashoka

Signature

Comments

Incorrect Urdu at lower left on back

See also

• Cat or feline
• Mountain
• Tree
• Coat of Arms

• 2 Rupees
• 2 Rupees (without motto under pillar)
• 2 Rupees (with motto under pillar)

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Date	Signatures				VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1970)	SJ						$ 1.40	$ 1.40	$ 1.40	$ 1.40

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