2 Rupees India Banknotes - 1980 Pick #79d - History, Learning and buying

Year	15th September 1980
Pick	79d
Color	Red - Blue - Green - Brown
Signature	I. G. Patel * ( Governor Reserve Bank of India ) in English and Hindi
Watermark	Oval shape window, Askokan Pillar as watermark with 6 wheels in background
Front of Banknote	Value in Hindi left bottom, Reserve Bank of India monogram on top right hand side
Back of Banknote	Indian Satellite ' Aryabhata ' on reverse
Language panel	13 Regional language on front of the Banknote
Inset	' A '
Issued with prefix	A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - K
Size	107 X 63 mm
More about this Banknote
Known as Satellite design
Serial numbers on right hand side with Horizontal 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