George IV Series

Regular issues of this Series carrying the portrait of George V were introduced in May, 1923 on a Ten Rupee Note. The King's Portrait Motif continued as an integral feature of all Paper Money issues of British India. Government of India continued to issue currency notes till 1935 when the Reserve Bank of India took over the functions of the Controller of Currency. These notes were issued in denominations of Rs 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 10,000.

As an added security feature, the security thread was introduced for the first time in India










Rs 10 in February, Rs 100 in March and Rs 1,000 and Rs 10,000 in June 1938
































January 1938 when the first Five Rupee note was issued bearing the portrait of George VI










In August 1940, the one-rupee note was reintroduced, once again as a war time measure, as a Government note with the status of a rupee coin