20 Rupees

Reserve Bank of India, 20 Rupees, SPECIMEN, ND (1970–1975), signed by Governor S. Jagannathan. Orange 'Parliament House' issue: obverse with the Lion Capital of Ashoka at right, "Promise to pay the Bearer the sum of Twenty Rupees", SPECIMEN overprint and an all-zero serial (000000); reverse with the vignette of Parliament House (Sansad Bhavan), New Delhi, and "TWENTY RUPEES". J&R 6.5.1.1 series (Parliament House, S. Jagannathan); Pick 61. A specimen note. Provenance: British Museum, reg. no. CIB.13961, donated by the ifs School of Finance, 2009. British Museum object C_CIB-13961. Note: the British Museum catalogue record for CIB.13961 gives the metadata of a 2 Rupees (1969) note, but the associated image is this 20 Rupees Parliament House specimen; this record follows the image.