2 Rupees India Banknotes - 1980 Pick #53g - History, Learning and buying

Year	31st October 1980
Pick	53g
Color	Dark Pink
Signature	I. G. Patel * ( Governor Reserve Bank of India ) in English and Hindi
Watermark	Large rectangular mirror shape window, Askokan Pillar with wheel as watermark
Front of Banknote	Value in Hindi on left bottom, Reserve Bank of India monogram in center bottom
Back of Banknote	Sanding Tiger figure with Reserve Bank of India monogram in center bottom
Language panel	13 Regional language on back of the Banknote in left hand side
Inset	' B '
Issued with prefix	A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - K - L - M - N - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W
Size	107 X 63 mm
More about this Banknote
Known as Tiger design also
Serial numbers on right hand side with Vertical prefix

Banknote has the usual two pinholes on left side
Production of 2 Rupees denomination was discontinued since February 1995 by Government of India

Reverse

The image is for reference only, a gallery item (not for sale)

I. G. Patel

Indravadan Gordhanbhai Patel

1924-2005

I. G. Patel a member of the Indian Civil Service

Governor Reserve Bank of India since 1977 to 1982

Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science between 1984 and 1990

He was the deputy administrator of the UN Development Programme for two years

Died in a hospital in New York 2005