Rs 2 Two Rupees

B01: 1st Issue B Rama Rau

An interesting note, this one has the numeral in Gujrati. Amongst the most expensive currency note in the Rs 2 series. Relatively difficult to get.
Prefix: A to C
Size: 64 x 114

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B02: 2st Issue B Rama Rau, Incorrect Hindi

The first issue has Two Rupees written only in English. This was corrected in subsequent issues where the amount in words was in both English and Hindi Language. However, in Hindi, it was spelt as “Rupya” instead of “Rupye”. This was subsequently corrected in the next issue. This error was also present in Rs 5 and Rs 10 denomination.
Prefix: A to J
Size: 64 x 114

B03: 3rd Issue B Rama Rau, Correct Hindi

The amount in Hindi was corrected to “Rupye”. This was done in all other denomination of Rs 5 and Rs 10 as well.
Prefix: J to L
Size: 64 x 114

B.RAMA RAU
R B I GOVERNOR
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			JULY 1st 1947 to JAN 14th 1957
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE – 114 x 64 mm * DENOMINATION – 2 in two places * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English
	REVERSE:- * PICTURE – Tiger face * LANGUAGE PANEL – 8 Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital * COLOUR – Red-brown, violet & Green
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	A to C	NIL	Value in English and number in Gujarathi
2	A to H & J	NIL	Value in English error Hindi.
3	J to L	NIL	Value in corrected Hindi

B04: H V R Iyengar,

Prefix: L to X
Size: 64 x 114

R B I GOVERNOR
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			MAR 1^st 1957 to FEB 28^th 1962
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE & COLOR – 114 x 64 mm & Red brown * DENOMINATION – 2 in two places violet & Green * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Tiger face * LANGUAGE PANEL – 8 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	L to N & P to X	NIL	NIL

B05: P C Bhattacharya, Brown

The design of Tiger had multiple issues, there was one with distinct Brown color and other with distinct Green color. After this the design was changed to Standing Tiger

Prefix: A to D
Size: 64 x 114

B06: P C Bhattacharya, Olive Green Ting

The design of Tiger had multiple issues, there was one with distinct Brown color and other with distinct Green color. After this the design was changed to Standing Tiger

Prefix: A to G
Size: 64 x 114

B07: P C Bhattacharya, Standing Tiger

A new design was adopted with Standing Tiger at the back. The size was reduced by few mm to save on paper. Notes of other denomination had substantial size reduction.

Prefix: A to F
Size: 63 x 107

P.C.BATTACHARYA
R B I GOVERNOR
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			MAR 1^st 1962 to JUN 30^th 1967
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE & DENOMINATION – 114 x 64 mm & 2 in two places * COLOUR – Brown,Green * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English
	REVERSE:- * PICTURE – Tiger face * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	A to D	NIL	Red colour, REVERSE – tiger face
2	A to G	NIL	Olive green colour, REVERSE – tiger face

	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE & DENOMINATION – 114 x 64 mm & 2 in two places * COLOUR – Brown,Green * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Standing tiger * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
3	A to F	NIL	REVERSE – standing tiger

B08: L K Jha, Standing Tiger

Prefix: F to M

Size: 63 x 107

B09: L K Jha, Gandhi

On the occassion of Mahatma Gandhi’s Birth Centenary, all the currencies were specially designed to include the photo og Gandhi. This was done for all denominations.

Prefix: A to C

Size: 63 x 107

L.K.JHA
R B I GOVERNOR
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			JULY 1st 1967 to MAY 3rd 1970
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER & DENOMINATION – At bottom right & 2 in two places * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Brick red,Green * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Standing tiger * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	F to H & J to M	NIL	REVERSE- Standing tiger
B	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER & DENOMINATION – At bottom right & 2 in two places * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Dark pink, * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Portrait of M K Gandhi * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
2	A to c	NIL	REVERSE- M K Gandhi

B10: B N Adarkar, Gandhi

On the occassion of Mahatma Gandhi’s Birth Centenary, all the currencies were specially designed to include the photo og Gandhi. This was done for all denominations.

Prefix: D to E

Size: 63 x 107

B.N.ADARKAR
R B I GOVERNOR
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			MAY 4th 1970 to JUN 15th 1970
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER & DENOMINATION – At bottom right & 2 in three places * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Dark pink * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Portrait of M K Gandhi * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	D & E	NIL	REVERSE- M K Gandhi

B11: S Jagannath,

The standing Tiger design. This one had error in the Urdu Line. This was corrected in the next issue.

Prefix: A to M

Size: 63 x 107

B12: S Jagannath,

The standing Tiger design with correct Urdu Line.

Prefix: M to W

Size: 63 x 107

S.JAGANNATHAN
R B I GOVERNOR
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			JUN 16th 1970 to MAY 19th 1975
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER & DENOMINATION – At bottom right & 2 in two places * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Dark pink * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Standing tiger * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	A to H & J to M	NIL	REVERSE- Error in ‘Urdu’ script
2	M N & P to W	NIL	REVERSE- Corrected ‘Urdu’ script

B13: K R Puri, Standing Tiger, No Inset

Prefix: W to Y

Size: 63 x 107

B14: K R Puri, Standing Tiger, A Inset

Insets used for the first time on the Rs 2 notes.

Prefix: A to D

Size: 63 x 107

B24: K R Puri, Aryabhata, No Inset

A new design of Rs 2 was introduced with the Back depicting Aryabhata satellite. For this issue onwards the governors signed both the notes, the Standing Tiger as well as Aryabhata.

Prefix: A to E

Size: 63 x 107

K.R.PURI
R B I GOVERNOR
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			AUG 20th 1975 to MAY 2nd 1977
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Dark pink * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Standing tiger * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	W to Y	NIL	REVERSE- Standing tiger
2	A to D	A	REVERSE- Standing tiger
	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Red, blue & multicolour * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Indian satellite Aryabhata * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
3	A to E	NIL	REVERSE- Satellite

B25: M Narasimhan, Aryabhata, No Inset

Only signed the Aryabhata notes and not the Standing Tiger.

Prefix: E to H

Size: 63 x 107

M.NARASIMHAM
R B I GOVERNOR
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			MAY 3rd 1977 to NOV 30th 1977
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Red, blue & multicolour * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Indian satellite Aryabhata * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	E to H	NIL	REVERSE- Satellite

B15: I G Patel, Standing Tiger, A Inset

Prefix: E to W

Size: 63 x 107

B16: I G Patel, Standing Tiger, B Inset

Prefix: A to W

Size: 63 x 107

B17: I G Patel, Standing Tiger, C Inset

Prefix: A to M

Size: 63 x 107

B26: I G Patel, Aryabhata, No Inset

Prefix: H to M

Size: 63 x 107

B27: I G Patel, Aryabhata, No Inset

There is multi wheel around the Ashoka emblem and water mark

Prefix: M to W

Size: 63 x 107

B28: I G Patel, Aryabhata, A Inset

Prefix: A to K

Size: 63 x 107

I.G.PATEL
R B I GOVERNOR
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			DEC 1st 1977 to SEP 15th 1982
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Dark pink * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Standing tiger * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	E to H & K to N & P to W	A	REVERSE- ‘Standing tiger’
2	A to H & K to N & P to W	B	REVERSE- ‘Standing tiger’
3	A to H & K L	C	REVERSE- ‘Standing tiger’
	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Red, blue & multicolour * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Indian satellite Aryabhata * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital( SL,NO.5 & 6 Have 6 wheels)
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
4	H & K to M	NIL	WMK- Ashoka pillar only, REVERSE- Satellite
5	M N & P to W	NIL	WMK- Ashoka pillar with six-wheel
6	A to H & K	A	WMK- Ashoka pillar with six-wheel

B19: Manmohan Singh, Standing Tiger, No Inset

Prefix: M to Q

Size: 63 x 107

B18: Manmohan Singh, Standing Tiger, C Inset

Prefix: A to W

Size: 63 x 107

B29: Manmohan Singh, Aryabhata, A Inset

Prefix: L to N

Size: 63 x 107

MANMOHAN SINGH
R B I GOVERNOR
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			SEP 16th 1982 to JAN 14th 1985
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Dark pink * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Standing tiger * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital ( With 6 wheels)
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	N & P Q	C	REVERSE- ‘Standing tiger’
2	A to H & K to N & P to W	NIL	REVERSE- ‘Standing tiger’ & ‘Satya meva jayate’
	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Red, blue & multicolour * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Indian satellite aryabhata * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital ( With 6 wheels)
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
3	L M & N	A	REVERSE- Satellite

B20: Amitav Gosh, Standing Tiger, No Inset

Prefix: W

Size: 63 x 107

B30: Amitav Gosh, Aryabhata, No Inset

Prefix: N to Q

Size: 63 x 107

AMITAV GHOSH
R B I GOVERNOR
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			JAN 15th 1985 to FEB 3rd 1985
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Dark pink * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Standing tiger * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital ( With 6 wheels)
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	W	NIL	REVERSE- ‘Standing tiger’
	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Red, blue & multicolour * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Indian satellite Aryabhata * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital ( With 6 wheels)
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
2	N & P Q	A	REVERSE- ‘Satellite’

B21: R N Malhotra, Standing Tiger, A Inset

Prefix: A to W

Size: 63 x 107

B22: R N Malhotra, Standing Tiger, B Inset

Prefix: A to B

Size: 63 x 107

B31: R N Malhotra, Aryabhata, A Inset

Prefix: Q to W

Size: 63 x 107

B32: R N Malhotra, Aryabhata, B Inset

Prefix: A to W

Size: 63 x 107
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B33: R N Malhotra, Aryabhata, No Inset , Satyomavo

Small change in the desing, below the Ashoka emblem, the words “Satyamave Jayate” written in Hindi. This design was subsequently carried over in future issues.
Prefix: A to W

Size: 63 x 107

B34: R N Malhotra, Aryabhata, A Inset , Satyomavo

Prefix: A to W

Size: 63 x 107

R.N.MALHOTRA
R B I GOVERNOR
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			FEB 4th 1985 to DEC 20th 1990
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Dark pink * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Standing tiger * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital ( With 6 wheels)
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	A to H & K to N & P to W	A	REVERSE- ‘Standing tiger’
2	A & B	B	REVERSE- ‘Standing tiger’
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Red, blue & multicolour * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Indian satellite Aryabhata * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital ( With 6 wheels)
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
3	Q to W	A	With out ‘satyameva jayate’,REVERSE- ‘Satellite’
4	A to H & K to N & P to W	B	With out ‘satyameva jayate’,REVERSE- ‘Satellite’
5	A to H & K to N & P to W	NIL	With ‘satyameva jayate’,REVERSE- ‘Satellite’
6	A to H & K to N & P to W	A	With ‘satyameva jayate’,REVERSE- ‘Satellite’

B23: S Venketraman, Standing Tiger, B Inset

Prefix: B to C

Size: 63 x 107

S.VENKITARAMANAN
R B I GOVERNOR
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			DEC 21st 1990 to DEC 20th 1992
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Dark pink * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Standing tiger * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital ( With 6 wheels)
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	B & C	B	REVERSE- ‘Standing tiger’
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION
	OBVERSE:- * SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm * COLOUR – Red, blue& two places multicolour * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Indian satellite Aryabhata * LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital ( With 6 wheels)
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
2	A to D	B	REVERSE- ‘Satellite’

B36: C Rangarajan, Aryabhata, B Inset (Last Note)

Prefix: E to F

Size: 63 x 107

C.RANGARAJAN
R B I GOVERNOR
A	2 RUPEES DESCRIPTION			DEC 21st 1992 to NOV 21st 1997
	OBVERSE:- * DENOMINATION – 2 in two places * SIZE – 107 x 63 mm & SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right * COLOUR – Red, blue & multicolour * LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi
	REVERSE :- * PICTURE – Indian satellite Aryabhata * LANGUAGE PANEL -13 Indian Languages * WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital ( With 6 wheels)
NO.	PREFIX	INSET	REMARK
1	E & F	B	REVERSE- ‘Satellite’

Rs 2 Two Rupees

B01: 1st Issue B Rama Rau

B02: 2st Issue B Rama Rau, Incorrect Hindi

B03: 3rd Issue B Rama Rau, Correct Hindi

B04: H V R Iyengar,

B05: P C Bhattacharya, Brown

B06: P C Bhattacharya, Olive Green Ting

B07: P C Bhattacharya, Standing Tiger

B08: L K Jha, Standing Tiger

B09: L K Jha, Gandhi

B10: B N Adarkar, Gandhi

B11: S Jagannath,

B12: S Jagannath,

B13: K R Puri, Standing Tiger, No Inset

B14: K R Puri, Standing Tiger, A Inset

B24: K R Puri, Aryabhata, No Inset

B25: M Narasimhan, Aryabhata, No Inset

B15: I G Patel, Standing Tiger, A Inset

B16: I G Patel, Standing Tiger, B Inset

B17: I G Patel, Standing Tiger, C Inset

B26: I G Patel, Aryabhata, No Inset

B27: I G Patel, Aryabhata, No Inset

B28: I G Patel, Aryabhata, A Inset

B19: Manmohan Singh, Standing Tiger, No Inset

B18: Manmohan Singh, Standing Tiger, C Inset

B29: Manmohan Singh, Aryabhata, A Inset

B20: Amitav Gosh, Standing Tiger, No Inset

B30: Amitav Gosh, Aryabhata, No Inset

B21: R N Malhotra, Standing Tiger, A Inset

B22: R N Malhotra, Standing Tiger, B Inset

B31: R N Malhotra, Aryabhata, A Inset

B32: R N Malhotra, Aryabhata, B Inset

B33: R N Malhotra, Aryabhata, No Inset , Satyomavo

B34: R N Malhotra, Aryabhata, A Inset , Satyomavo

B23: S Venketraman, Standing Tiger, B Inset

B36: C Rangarajan, Aryabhata, B Inset (Last Note)

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