How to Build a Set of Early Indian Bank notes?

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How To Build A Set Of Early Indian Bank Notes?
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• Every experienced collector or notaphilist has a
  specific area of interest. He or she always
  focuses on building a unique set. Some like
  collecting British India notes while many others
  specialise in Republic India notes.
• Today, lets take a look at the types of Indian
  bank notes that were issued by the East India
  Company even before British India notes were
  officially introduced.

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• Bank of Bengal issued rare bank notes of odd
  denominations such as 4 Rupees, 8 Rupees, 16
  Rupees, 250 Rupees, 25 Rupees, 5000 Rupees etc.
  Collectors from all over the country dream of
  having these old bank notes of India in their
  collection.
• The earliest issues featured designs only on one
  side. They were followed by Commerce notes
  depicting an allegorical female figure
  personifying commerce and eventually the
  Britannia Series was introduced.

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• Bank of Bombay issued early Indian bank notes of
  denominations such as 100 Rupees, 1000 rupees,
  5000 Rupees, 5 Rupees etc. from 1850 to 1860.
• The designs of notes issued by Bank of Bombay
  after 1860 were much better in quality when
  compared to the designs featured on other old
  currency bank notes. The Uniface notes depicted
  an image of the Town Hall of Bombay.

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• The Madras Bank was the first bank of India that
  was established in the year 1682. The Bank of
  Madras was established in 1843 by merging three
  banks including the Madras Bank.
• Madras Presidency issued the smallest number of
  early bank notes of India. These Indian
  presidency banknotes depicted a vignette of the
  Governor of Madras, Sir Thomas Munroe.

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• From early bank notes issued by the East India
  Company to the latest ones released in the last
  few years, the evolution of Indian bank notes has
  truly been outstanding in terms of designs and
  well as security features.
• If you want to build a unique set of bank notes
  of India, then you can start by collecting
  different types of presidency notes from Bengal,
  Bombay and Madras.