Overview

Issued by the Reserve Bank of India under Governor Bimal Jalan, this 5 Rupees banknote belongs to the popular Mahatma Gandhi Series. The obverse displays a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, the Reserve Bank of India seal, and the Ashoka Pillar emblem. The reverse highlights India’s agrarian heritage with a detailed engraving of a farmer plowing fields with a tractor under a rising sun. Please judge condition from the photographs, which show this exact note.

Key Features & Details:

• Country: India
• Denomination: 5 Rupees
• Printer: Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India (SPMCIL)
• Condition: As shown in image – Crisp, flat paper with sharp corners and bright original green and pink tones. Carries two small staple pinholes toward the left watermark area, as visible in the images.
• Obverse (Front): Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, Lion Capital of Ashoka emblem, RBI seal, signature of Governor Bimal Jalan, and central denomination ‘5’.
• Reverse (Back): Vignette of a farmer driving a tractor in a field with rising sun, language panel featuring 15 regional languages, and Reserve Bank of India title.
• Serial Number: 96A 446608 (Exact note shown in photos will be delivered)

Collector Value:

An iconic piece of modern Indian numismatics, highly prized by thematic collectors focusing on agriculture, tractor motifs, and the Mahatma Gandhi currency series.