What Makes History of Indian Notes so Diverse?

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What Makes history of Indian notes so Diverse?
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• Indian notes can be broadly classified into five
  main categories namely, Early banknotes, British
  India notes, princely state issues, colonial
  issues and republic of India notes.
• Lets take a quick look at some subcategories and
  other interesting information about each of these
  five categories.

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• Early notes of India can be further divided into
  three based in the three presidencies which
  issued them namely Bombay, Madras and Bengal.
• Bank of Hindostan issued currency notes in India
  from 1770 to 1832 while the General Bank in
  Bengal and Bihar issued them from 1773 to 1775.

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• British India notes can be further classified as
  Portrait Notes of Queen Victoria, Uniface Notes
  of Government of India, King George V issues and
  King George VI issues.
• These notes of India were issued after the Paper
  Currency Act of 1861 came into effect. The
  British Government took over the responsibility
  of issuing Indian notes from Presidency Banks in
  1867.

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• Osmania Notes of Hyderabad were the only currency
  notes of India to be issued by a Princely state.
• Fakhr-ud-Din Ahmad, Mehdi Yar Jung, Ghulam
  Muhammad, Liaquat Jung, Zahed Hussain etc. were
  the Governors of Hyderabad who issued 1 Rupee
  Osmania Hyderabad notes.

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• The Portuguese and French also issued several
  beautiful currency notes in India.
  Indo-Portuguese notes bore denominations such as
  Rupias and Escudos while Indo-French Issues bore
  the denomination Roupies.
• As a note collector or notaphilist you must keep
  looking for these amazing varieties of Old Notes
  of India so that your collection becomes more
  diverse and vibrant.