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Hyderabad State, 5 Rupees,&nbsp;Signed by Hyder Nawaz Jung, 1st Issued in&nbsp;1919, Khurdad&nbsp;Month, FE&nbsp;1345,&nbsp;S. No. MB 044157,&nbsp;in top center&nbsp;"Currency Note Sarkar-e-Aali"&nbsp;in Urdu,&nbsp;promise text in two&nbsp;lines above and below, central denomination panel with denomination reading in the center "PAANCH&nbsp;RUPYE&nbsp;SICCA OSMANIA" and&nbsp;"PAANCH RUPAYE"&nbsp;in Urdu in lower two corners, For the Government in Urdu in a panel on lower right and signature panel in lower left, date in bottom center,&nbsp;denomination in numerals in Siyaq, Telugu, Marathi, Kannada and English in a panel on either side, (KJ &amp;&nbsp;RR # 7.5.2), spindle holes at issue, folds, graded by PMG as 35 Choice Very Fine, Extremely Rare.

Note: This is the first-issue Five Rupees banknote of the Hyderabad Nizam’s currency, issued under Mir Osman Ali Khan. The obverse displays the denomination and text in multiple languages, reflecting the cosmopolitan administration of the state. The reverse features a distinctive five-fold motif derived from the reverse design of Mir Osman Ali Khan’s silver rupee, a hallmark of early Hyderabad paper currency.<o:p></o:p><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-highlight:yellow;">The note has <span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-highlight:yellow;">retained excellent original crispness<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-highlight:yellow;">, with <span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-highlight:yellow;">strong paper quality<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-highlight:yellow;"> and a <span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-highlight:yellow;">vivid, attractive green color<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-highlight:yellow;">, attributes seldom encountered for this issue. <span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-highlight:yellow;">Examples in such high grade are difficult to obtain<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-highlight:yellow;">, making this a highly desirable offering for collectors of Indian princely state banknote.

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