2 Rupees with motto under pillar

Features

Issuer	India
Period	Republic (1950-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1984-1992
Value	2 Rupees 2 INR = USD 0.021
Currency	Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	107 × 63 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 205864
References	P# 53A Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Pink note with Reserve Bank of India monogram centre base. Bilingual signature either side of central numeral. Watermark window on left & Ashoka pillar on right

Scripts: Devanagari, Latin

Lettering:
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

केंद्रीय सरकार द्वारा प्रत्याभूत
GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

में धारक को दॊ रुपये अदा करने का वचन देता हूँ
I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER THE SUM OF TWO RUPEES
2

गवर्नर
GOVERNOR

दो रुपये

TWO RUPEES
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

Translation:
Reserve Bank of India
Guaranteed by the Central Government
I Promise to Pay the Bearer the sum of Two Rupees
Governor

Reverse

Reserve Bank Seal below Bengal tiger in center.
Value in 13 regional languages (Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu) at left.
Urdu corrected.

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

Lettering:
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक

দু টকা
দুই টাকা
બે રૂપિયા
ಎರಡು ರೂಪಾಯಿ
زٕ روپیہ
രണ്ടു രൂപ
दोन रुपये
ଦୁଇ ଟଙ୍କା
ਦੋ ਰੁਪਏ
द्वौ रुप्यकौ
இரண்டு ரூபாய்
రెండు రూపాయలు
دو روپے-

दो रुपये
TWO RUPEES

Translation:
Reserve Bank of India
Two Rupees

Watermark

Ashoka pillar

Signatures

Manmohan Singh (MS)	Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Amitav Ghosh (AG)	Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Ram Narain Malhotra (RNM)	Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Sri Venkitaramanan (SV)	Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

Comments

If present, Plate letter appears behind serial number.

सत्यमेव जयते - Satyameva Jayate meaning Truth alone triumphs was added under the Ashoka pillar in 1984

Security features - Large Numeral 2 in the centre and vertical RBI on the right

credit - TanyaK AnnamarieO'C

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Date	Signatures	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1984-1985)	MS	$ 0.02	$ 0.25	$ 0.25	$ 0.25	$ 0.49	$ 0.49	$ 0.69	P#53Aa Signature Manmohan Singh - without plate letter	44%
ND (1985)	AG					$ 1.40	$ 1.40	$ 2.40	P#53Ab Signature Amitav Ghosh - without plate letter	7%
ND (1985-1990)	RNM			$ 0.46			$ 0.95	$ 1.00	P#53Ac(1) Signature R. N. Malhotra - without plate letter	11%
ND (1985-1990)	RNM	$ 0.13	$ 0.21	$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.47	$ 0.92	$ 0.92	P#53Ac(2) Signature R. N. Malhotra - plate letter A	47%
ND (1985-1990)	RNM							$ 0.65	P#53Ad Signature R. N. Malhotra - plate letter B	14%
ND (1990-1992)	SV		$ 0.13	$ 0.46	$ 0.75	$ 0.75	$ 0.75	$ 0.75	P#53Ae Signature S. Venkitaramanan - plate letter B	24%

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