5 Roupies / Rupees

Issuer Puducherry (French India)
Year 1937-1946
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 5 Rupees
Currency Rupee
Composition Paper
Size
Shape Rectangular
Printer Banque de France, France
Designer(s) Sébastien Laurent
Engraver(s) Ernest Deloche
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#5
Obverse description Women wearing helmet holding lance at left, denomination numeral 5 over wreath at upper right.
Obverse lettering L`ARTICLE DU CODE CRIMINEL PEINE LES TRAVAUX FORCÉS QUI SERONT CONTREFAITS OU FAUX LES BILLETS AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOE. SÉB. LAURENT E. DELOCHE SC
(Translation: THE ARTICLE OF THE CRIMINAL CODE PUNISHES FORCED WORK THOSE WHICH WILL BE COUNTERFEITED OR FALSEFIES THE BANKNOTES AUTHORIZED BY THE LOE.)
Reverse description Dancer (Woman with headress at left), Four faces of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (God who hears the cry of the World), Bayon temple (Angkor) at right.
Reverse lettering புதுவை ௫ ஐந்து ரூபாய்கள் இந்து சீனத்து பாங்க் SÉB. LAURENT E. DELOCHE SC
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Numisquare ID 4926877990
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