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| Keywords: Five-rupee note from Hyderabad.jpg en Five-rupee note from Hyderabad labeled multilingually and dated Feb 1 1347 A H 1928/9 Source http //www fortunecity com//victorian/coldwater/9/hyd1 html downloaded Nov 1999 Hyderabad was the only state which had a full fledged paper currency which came into existence in 1916 and enjoyed wide circulation till 1952 The notes were printed till 1939 by Waterlow Sons and then onwards by the Security Press at Nasik The notes are dated in Fasli years an era which was current in the Deccan associated closely with the Hijri era The notes are printed entirely in Urdu and other languages which were current in the state like Kannada Telgu and Marathi They are signed by the Moin-ul-Mulam or Finance Minister Sir R R Clancey Hyder Nawaz Jung Fakhre-yar Jung are a few of the signatories http //www fortunecity com//victorian/coldwater/9/princely html On the back of the same five-rupee note are five images of the Char Minar the symbol of Hyderabad City Probably this helped illiterate people to use the notes Feb 1 1347 A H 1928/9 http //www fortunecity com//victorian/coldwater/9/hyd1 html http //www columbia edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/hyderabad/hyd5rup/hyd5rup html State of Hyderabad PD-Art Green banknotes Waterlow Sons Banknotes of the Hyderabad State Banknotes with a face value of 5 | ||||
