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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Sharath S. Srivatsa

UNCOVERED: These currency notes are nuggets from the past - The Untold Story

In a year when the country is celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, nuggets from independent India’s history, tucked across the country with individual collectors, are coming to the fore.

One of the rare collectibles with a Bengaluru-based numismatist are currency notes containing the portrait of King George VI printed in post-independence India. These were printed between August 15, 1947, and January 26, 1950, when India was a dominion in the British Commonwealth.

Some of the notes issued by independent India between August 15, 1947 and January 26, 1950.
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