5 Rupees - George V

Obverse

- Portrait of King George V in right window in an oval frame with 'FIVE RUPEES' in an octagonal frame below the portrait
- '5 RUPEES' in top left and '5' on top right and bottom left
- Signature panel on bottom centre with microlettering of '5' in a floral pattern inside signature panel
- Relief under print of ' Rs FIVE Rs' under the signature

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER
ON DEMAND THE SUM OF
FIVE RUPEES
AT ANY OFFICE OF ISSUE

Reverse

- ' GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 5 RUPEES' - watermark window
- Security pattern with text, ' GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 5 RUPEES' in concentric circle in language panel
- See image
Five Rupees – Multilingual Representation
(8 Indian Languages – excluding English)
• Urdu: پانچ روپیہ
• Hindi: पाँच रुपये
• Bengali: পাঁচ টাকা
• Burmese (Myanmar): ငွေငါးကျပ်
• Telugu: ఐదు రూపాయలు
• Tamil: ஐந்து ரூபாய்
• Kannada: ಐದು ರೂಪಾಯಿ
• Gujarati: પાંચ રૂપિયા

Scripts: Bengali, Burmese, Devanagari, Gujarati, Kannada, Latin, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu

Watermark

Order of Rayed Star and GOVERNMENT OF INDIA with GOVERNMENT in an arched form; '5' on top left and bottom right when viewed from obverse.

Signatures

J. B. Taylor (JBT)
J. W. Kelly (JWK)

Printer

Manage my collection

Please sign in or create an account to manage your collection.

Date	Signatures				VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References			Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1933)	JBT										P# 15a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	P0-P80 Prefix (Thin Paper)		22%
ND (1934)	JBT										P# 15a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	P81-P99, Q Prefix (Thick Paper)		22%
ND (1934)	JWK										P# 15b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Q, R, S, T Prefix (Thick Paper)		44%

Frequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this banknote. Since some users own several versions, the sum may be greater than 100%.

Get this banknote

No member from this site currently wants to exchange it.

Numista Rarity index: 89

This index is based on the data of Numista members collections. It ranges from 0 to 100, 0 meaning a very common coin or banknote and 100 meaning a rare coin or banknote among Numista members.

Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 115 Lot 107	5 Mar 2024	ND (1934) JWK – P# 15b – Q, R, S, T Prefix (Thick Paper)	XF	USD 407.88 (EUR 351.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.

Discuss or ask a question

Contribute to the catalogue