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Rs 5 Five Rupees

By September 24, 2020Republic India Notes

C1 B Ramarau English Only

The first Rs 5 note after independence continued with the older design of antelopes at the back, except that the design was tweaked a bit. The value was written only in English.
Prefix: A-D
Size: 73×127

 

 

C2: B Ramarau Incorrect Hindi, Rupya

Beginning with this issue, denomination was written in Hindi as well. There was a debate as to the correct plural of  Rupee in Hindi, initially it was thought that it should be “Ya”, but was finally settled to “ye”. Hence all the notes signed by B Rama Rau come in 3 versions, English Only, Incorrect Hindi and Corrected Hindi.
Prefix: A-N

Size: 73×127
Notice the Hindi word “Panch Rupya” in the center below the Five Rupees. The correct word should be “ye”, see the next image.

 

 

C3: B Ramarau Correct Hindi, Rupye

The value in correct hindi.
Prefix: P-R
Size: 73×127

 

B.RAMA RAU
R B I GOVERNOR
B     5 RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION JULY 1st 1947 to
JAN 14th 1957
  OBVERSE:-
* SERIAL NUMBER – In the center
* SIZE & COLOUR   – 127 x 73  mm  & -Green & Brown Colour
* LEGEND – Value rupees in English (No.2 & 3 With Hindi also)

* DENOMINATION – 5 in two places
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Antelopes
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 8 Languages
* WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
* Security thread present
NO. PREFIX INSET REMARK
1 A to D  NIL   Value in English only
2 A to H &J to N  NIL    Value in English and error Hindi 
3 P to R  NIL    Value in English and corrected Hindi 

C4: HVR Iyengar, No Inset

Prefix: R-Y
Size: 73×127

 

 

C5: HVR Iyengar, A Inset

Prefix:A-R
Size: 73×127

 

H.V.R.IYENGAR
R B I GOVERNOR
B     5 RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION MAR 1st 1957 to
FEB 28th 1962
  OBVERSE:-
* SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right
* SIZE & DENOMINATION – 127 x 73  mm & 5 in two places
* COLOUR  – Green & Brown
* LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi 
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Antelopes
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 8 Languages
* WATER MARK  – Ashoka pillar capital
* Security thread present
NO. PREFIX INSET REMARK
S to Y NIL
A to H,J to N & P to R  A

C6: PC Bhattacharya, A Inset

Prefix:S-Y
Size: 73×127

 

 

C7: PC Bhattacharya, B Inset

Prefix: A-E
Size: 73×127

C8: PC Bhattacharya No Inset

Smaller Notes
Prefix: A-F
Size: 63×117

P.C.BATTACHARYA
R B I GOVERNOR
B     5 RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION MAR 1st 1962 to
JUN 30th 1967
  OBVERSE:-
* SERIAL NUMBER -At bottom right
* SIZE & DENOMINATION – 127 x 73  mm & 5 in two places
* COLOUR  – Green & Brown
* LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Antelopes
* LANGUAGE PANEL  – 13 Indian Languages
* Security thread present
* WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
NO.    PREFIX INSET REMARK
1 S to Y A
2 A to E B
3 A to F NIL  Size of the note reduced 

C9: LK Jha, No Inset

Prefix: F-Q
Size: 63×117

 

 

C10: LK Jha, Special Gandhi Issue

Prefix: A-D
Size: 63×117

 

L.K.JHA
R B I GOVERNOR

B

    5 RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

JULY 1st 1967 to
MAY 3rd 1970

  OBVERSE:-
* SERIAL NUMBER  & DENOMINATION – At bottom right &
5 in three places
* SIZE – 117 x 63  mm
* COLOUR – Green & Brown     
* LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Antelopes
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages
* WATER MARK  – Ashoka pillar capital
* Security thread present
NO.

PREFIX

INSET REMARK
1 F to H & J to N & P Q NIL

 REVERSE- Antelopes

    5 RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

  OBVERSE:-
* SERIAL NUMBER  & DENOMINATION – At bottom right &
5 in three places
* SIZE – 117 x 63  mm
* COLOUR  – Green & Brown 
 * LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – 
M K Gandhi
* Security thread present
* LANGUAGE PANEL- 13 Indian Languages
* WATER MARK  – Ashokan pillar capital
NO. PREFIX INSET REMARK
1 A to D NIL

 REVERSE- M K Gandhi

C11: BN Adarkar, Special Gandhi Issue

Prefix: E-G
Size: 63×117

 

B.N.ADARKAR
R B I GOVERNOR 5RuBNAbilsignature

B

    5 RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

MAY 4th 1970 to
JUN 15th 1970

  OBVERSE:-
* SERIAL NUMBER & DENOMINATION – At bottom  right & 5
in three places
* SIZE         – 117 x 63  mm
* COLOUR   – Green & Brown
* LEGEND    – Value rupees in English and Hindi
bnadarkar
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – 
M K Gandhi
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages
* WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
* Security thread present
5RuBNANilsmallrev
NO.

PREFIX

INSET REMARK
1 E to G NIL

 REVERSE- M K Gandhi

bnadarkarinset

C12: S Jagnanath, Incorrect urdu, No Inset

The Five Rupees written in Urdu on the back side is incorrect. Incase one doesn’t know Urdu, the easy way to identify this is by Prefix. If the Prefix is between A to U, then its incorrect, the V series is continued from Incorrect to Correct. From W to Y prefix, it would be in correct Urdu.
Prefix: A-V
Size: 63×117

 

 

C13: S Jagnanath, Corrected urdu, No Inset

Prefix: V-Y
Size: 63×117

 

 

C14: S Jagnanath, A Inset

Prefix: A-D
Size: 63×117

C15: S Jagnanath, No Inset

New Tractor Design Introduced for the first time.
Prefix: A-H
Size: 63×117

 

S.JAGANNATHAN
      R B I GOVERNOR

B

    5 RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

JUN 16th 1970 to
MAY 19th 1975

  OBVERSE:-
* SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right
* SIZE – 117 x 63  mm
* COLOUR – Green, Brown & Lavendar    
 * LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Replaced by Blackbucks
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages                                    *  WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
* Security thread present
NO.

PREFIX

INSET REMARK
1 A to H & K to N & P to V NIL

 Error in ‘Urdu’ script

2 V to Y NIL

 Corrected ‘Urdu’ script

3 A to D A

   5 RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

  OBVERSE:-
* SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right
* SIZE – 117 x 63  mm
* COLOUR – Green, Orange, blue & pink
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages   
REVERSE :-
* PICTURE  – Tractor tilling the land
* WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital with 6 wheels
    * LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi
* Security thread present
NO. PREFIX INSET REMARK
4 A to H NIL

 REVERSE- Tractor

C16: KR Puri, No Inset

Prefix: H-W
Size: 63×117

 

C17: KR Puri, A Inset

Prefix: A-C
Size: 63×117

K.R.PURI
R B I GOVERNOR

B

    5 RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

AUG  20th 1975 to
MAY 2nd 1977

  OBVERSE:-
* SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right
* SIZE – 117 x 63  mm
* COLOUR – Green, Orange, blue & pink
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages   
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Tractor tilling the land
* WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital with 6 wheels
    * LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi
* Security thread present
NO.

   PREFIX

INSET REMARK
1 H & K to N & P to W NIL

 REVERSE- Tractor

2 A B & C A

 REVERSE- Tractor

C18: M Narshimhan, A Inset

Prefix: C-K
Size: 63×117

 

M.NARASIMHAM
R B I GOVERNOR

B

    5 RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

MAY 3rd 1977 to
NOV 30th 1977

  OBVERSE:-
* SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right
* SIZE – 117 x 63  mm
* COLOUR – Green, Orange, blue & pink
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages   
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Tractor tilling the land
* WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital with 6 wheels
    * LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi
* Security thread present
NO.

   PREFIX

INSET REMARK
1 C to H & K A

 REVERSE- Tractor

C19: IG Patel, A Inset

Prefix: K-W
Size: 63×117

 

 

C20: IG Patel, B Inset

Prefix: A-W
Size: 63×117

 

 

C21: IG Patel, C Inset

Prefix: A-R
Size: 63×117

 

I.G.PATEL
R B I GOVERNOR

B

    5 RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

DEC 1st 1977 to
SEP 15th 1982

  OBVERSE:-
* SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right
* SIZE – 117 x 63  mm
* COLOUR – Green, Orange, blue & pink
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages   
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Tractor tilling the land
* WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital with 6 wheels 
    * LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi
* Security thread present
NO.

   PREFIX

INSET REMARK
1 K to N & P to W A

 REVERSE- Tractor

2 A to H & K to N & P to W B

 REVERSE- Tractor

3 A to H & K to N & P to R C

 REVERSE- Tractor

C22: Manmohan Singh, C Inset

Prefix: S-W
Size: 63×117

 

C23: Manmohan Singh, D Inset

Prefix: A-T
Size: 63×117

 

 

MANMOHAN SINGH
R B I GOVERNOR

B

    5 RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

SEP 16th 1982 to
JAN 14th 1985

  OBVERSE:-
* SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right
* SIZE – 117 x 63  mm
* COLOUR – Green, Orange, blue & pink
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages   
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Tractor tilling the land
* Security thread present
* WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital, with 6 wheels 
    * LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi
NO.

   PREFIX

INSET REMARK
1 S to W C

 REVERSE- ‘Tractor’

2 A to H & K to N & P to S D

 REVERSE- ‘Tractor’

C24: Amitav Ghosh, D Inset

Prefix: T
Size: 63×117

 

AMITAV GHOSH
R B I GOVERNOR

B

   5  RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

JAN 15th 1985 to
FEB 3rd 1985

  OBVERSE:-
* SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right
* SIZE – 117 x 63  mm
* COLOUR – Green, Orange, blue & pink
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages   
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Tractor tilling the land
* Security thread present
* WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital, with 6 wheels 
    * LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi
NO.

   PREFIX

INSET REMARK
1 T D

 REVERSE- ‘Tractor’

C25: RN Malhotra, D Inset

Prefix: U-W
Size: 63×117

 

C26: RN Malhotra, E Inset

Prefix: A-W
Size: 63×117

 

C27: RN Malhotra, F Inset

Prefix: A-W
Size: 63×117

 

C28: RN Malhotra, G Inset

Prefix: A-D
Size: 63×117

C29: RN Malhotra, No Inset,

Minor design change, Satyameo under the Emblem
Prefix: A-W
Size: 63×117

 

 

C30: RN Malhotra, A Inset

Prefix: A-W
Size: 63×117

 

R.N.MALHOTRA
R B I GOVERNOR

B

   5  RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

FEB 4th 1985 to
DEC 20th 1990

  OBVERSE:-
* SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right
* SIZE – 117 x 63  mm
* COLOUR – Green, Orange, blue & pink
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages   
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Tractor tilling the land
* Security thread present
* WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital, with 6 wheels 
    * LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi
NO.

PREFIX

INSET REMARK
1 U to W D

 REVERSE- ‘Tractor’

2 A to H & K to N & P to W E  REVERSE- ‘Tractor’ In Front ‘satyameva jayate’
3 A to H & K to N & P to W F  REVERSE- ‘Tractor’ In Front ‘satyameva jayate’
4 A to D G  REVERSE- ‘Tractor’ In Front ‘satyameva jayate’
5 A to H & K to N & P to W NIL  REVERSE- ‘Tractor’ In Front ‘satyameva jayate’
6 A to H & K to N & P to W A  REVERSE- ‘Tractor’ In Front ‘satyameva jayate’

C31: S Venketraman, B Inset

Prefix: A-K
Size: 63×117

 

S.VENKITARAMANAN
R B I GOVERNOR

B

   5  RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

DEC 21st 1990 to
DEC 20th 1992

  OBVERSE:-
* SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right
* SIZE – 117 x 63  mm
* COLOUR – Green, Orange, blue & pink
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages   
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Tractor tilling the land
* Security thread present
* WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital, with 6 wheels 
    * LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi
NO.

PREFIX

INSET REMARK
1 A to H & K B

 REVERSE- ‘Tractor’ In Front ‘Satyameva jayate’

C32: C Rangarajan, B Inset

Prefix: L-W
Size: 63×117

 

C.RANGARAJAN
R B I GOVERNOR

C

   10  RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

DEC 21st 1992 to
NOV 21st 1997

  OBVERSE:-
* DENOMINATION – 10 in two places
       * SIZE – 137 X 63 mm & SERIAL NUMBER – in two places
* COLOUR – Saffron, Brown and multicolour  
* LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English    
 REVERSE :-
* PICTURE –  
Shalimar garden
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 13 Indian Languages
* WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital
* ‘D’ Shaped water
mark window
NO.

PREFIX

INSET REMARK
1 K to N & P to W A

 REVERSE- ‘Shalimar Garden’

2 A to H & K to N & P to W B  REVERSE- ‘Shalimar Garden’
3 A to H & K to N & P to W C  REVERSE- ‘Shalimar Garden’
4 A to H & K to N & P to W D  REVERSE- ‘Shalimar Garden’
5 A to H & K L E  REVERSE- ‘Shalimar Garden’
C

 10  RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

  OBVERSE:-
* PORTRAIT – M K Gandhi &   * DENOMINATION – 10 in three places
* SIZE – 137 X 63 mm & SERIAL NUMBER – in two places
* COLOUR  – Arange, purple and multicolour
* LEGEND – Value rupees in Hindi and English    
 REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Tiger (with 4 teeth), Elephant, and Rhinoceros
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 15 Indian Languages
* WATER MARK –  M K Gandhi
NO.

PREFIX

INSET REMARK
6 A to H &  K to N & P to W NIL

 With out dot, REVERSE- ‘Animals’

7 A to H &  K to N & P to W L

 REVERSE- ‘Animals’

8 A to H & K to M R

 REVERSE- ‘Animals’

9 A to H M

 REVERSE- ‘Animals’

C33: Bimal Jalan, No Inset

Prefix: A-L
Size: 63×117

C34: Bimal Jalan, No Inset

New Design called as Gandhi Series adopted on front. The back still remained as Tractor
Prefix: A-L
Size: 63×117

C35: Bimal Jalan, L Inset

Prefix: A-N
Size: 63×117

C36: Bimal Jalan, R Inset

Prefix: A-N
Size: 63×117

BIMAL JALAN
R B I GOVERNOR

A

   5  RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

NOV 22nd 1997 to
Sep 6th 2003

  OBVERSE:-
* SIZE -117 x 63  mm & SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right
* COLOUR   – Green, Orange, blue & pink    
* DENOMINATION – 5 in three places
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 15 Indian Languages   
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Tractor tilling the land
* WATER MARK –Ashoka pillar capital, with 6 wheels 
    * LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi
* Security thread present
NO.

PREFIX

INSET REMARK
1 A to D NIL

 REVERSE – ‘Tractor’

   5  RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

  OBVERSE:-
* Portrait of M K Gandhi & DENOMINATION – 5 in three places
* SIZE – 117 x 63  mm & SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right
* COLOR – Green, Orange, blue & pink       
* LANGUAGE PANEL  – 15 Indian Languages   
  REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Tractor tilling the land
* WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital, with 6 wheels 
    * LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi
* Security thread present
NO.

PREFIX

INSET REMARK
2 A to D NIL  REVERSE – ‘Tractor’  OBVERSE – Mahatma Gandhi
3 A to D L  REVERSE – ‘Tractor’  OBVERSE – Mahatma Gandhi  
4 A to G R  REVERSE – ‘Tractor’  OBVERSE – Mahatma Gandhi

C37: YV Reddy, No Inset

Size: 63×117

 

 

C38: YV Reddy, L Inset

Size: 63×117

C39: YV Reddy, R Inset

Size: 63×117

 

Y V REDDY
R B I GOVERNOR

A

   5  RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

Sep 6th 2003 to
Sep 5th 200
8

 OBVERSE:-
* Portrait of M K Gandhi &  DENOMINATION – 5 in three
places
* SIZE – 117 x 63  mm & SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right
* COLOR – Green, Orange, blue & pink
* LANGUAGE PANEL – 15 Indian Languages   

 REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Tractor tilling the land
* Security thread present
* WATER MARK – Ashoka pillar capital, with 6 wheels 
    * LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi

NO.

PREFIX

INSET YEAR REMARK
1 A, B NIL NIL  OBVERSE- ‘M K Gandhi’
2 A, B L NIL  OBVERSE- ‘M K Gandhi’
3 A R NIL  OBVERSE- ‘M K Gandhi’

C40: D Subbarao, Year 2009 / E Inset

The Year imprint on the back introduced finally on the Rs 5 notes as well. On other notes it was introduced during YV Reddy’s tenor
Size: 63×117

 

 

C41: D Subbarao, Year 2009 / L Inset

Size: 63×117

 

 

C42: D Subbarao, Year 2010 / No Inset

Size: 63×117

 

 

C43: D Subbarao, Year 2010 / L Inset

Size: 63×117

 

 

C44: D Subbarao, Year 2010 / R Inset

Size: 63×117

 

 

C45: D Subbarao, Year 2011 / R Inset

Size: 63×117

 

D SUBBA RAO
R B I GOVERNOR

A

   5  RUPEES                                                     DESCRIPTION

Sep 6th 2008 to
present

 OBVERSE:-
* Portrait of M K Gandhi
* SIZE – 117 x 63  mm & SERIAL NUMBER – At bottom right
* COLOR – Green, Orange, blue & pink       
* DENOMINATION – 5 in three places   

 REVERSE :-
* PICTURE – Tractor tilling the land & security thread present
*WATER MARK – Mahatma Gandhi 
    * LEGEND – Value rupees in English and Hindi
* LANGUAGE PANEL -15 Indian Languages  

NO.

PREFIX

INSET YEAR REMARK
1

A – E

E 2009  Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi D S 2009 E SL No
2

A – D

L 2009  Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi D S 2009 L SL No
3 A – D NIL 2010  Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi D S Nill 2010 sl no
4 D, E, F L 2010  Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi D S 2010 L SL No
5 A, B R 2010  Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi ds2010rslno
6 C, D R 2011  Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi ds2011rslno

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