Hyderabadi rupee

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Hyderabadi rupee
1940 Bank of Hyderabad 10 Rupees.jpg
Hyderabad state OS Rupees10 banknote (10 rupees Osmania Sicca) [1]
Denominations
Subunit
116anna
1192pai
Banknotes1, 5, 10, 100, 1000 rupees
Coins1,2 pai, 12, 1, 2, 4, 8 annas, 1 rupee
Demographics
User(s)Asafia flag of Hyderabad State.svg  Hyderabad
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.

The Hyderabadi Rupee (better known as "Osmania Sicca") was the currency of the Hyderabad State from 1918 to 1959. It co-existed with the Indian rupee from 1950. Like the Indian rupee, it was divided into 16 annas, each of 12 pai. Coins were issued in copper (later bronze) for denominations of 1 and 2 pai and 12 anna, in cupro-nickel (later bronze) for 1 anna and in silver for 2, 4 and 8 annas and 1 rupee.

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Hyderabad was the only Indian princely state that was permitted to continue issuing its notes after it was subjected to join the Dominion of India in 1948 and the Republic of India in 1950.

History

Hyderabadi silver Rupee featuring the Charminar Silver Rupee from the Hyderabad State of India, issued during the reign of Mir Osman Ali Khan.jpg
Hyderabadi silver Rupee featuring the Charminar

The Government of Hyderabad made several efforts to organize private bankers to set up a banking company that could issue paper money. The British, however, resisted the attempts of Indian princely states to issue paper currency. The acute shortage of silver during the First World War and the contributions of Hyderabad to the British war effort led them to accept, in 1918, paper currency in denominations of 10 and 100 rupees issued under the Hyderabad Currency Act. [2]

The currency was designated asOsmania Sicca (OS). One and five rupee notes were subsequently issued in 1919 and one thousand rupee notes were issued in 1926. After the setting up of the India Currency Notes Press at Nashik, Hyderabadi notes came to be printed there.

In 1942, the Government of Hyderabad established the Hyderabad State Bank, with the responsibility, inter alia, of managing the OS. Hyderabad continued to mint its coins until 1948 when India occupied the state after the Nizam refused to cede it to the new Dominion.

In 1950, the Indian rupee was introduced alongside the local currency, with the relationship of 7 Hyderabadi rupees = 6 Indian rupees being used. In 1951, the Hyderabadi rupee ceased to be issued and the Indian rupee became the main circulating currency, although the Hyderabadi rupee was not demonetized until 1959. [3] [4]

Banknotes

One Rupee coin issued by Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1329 AH (1911 CE). Hyderabad - One Rupee - Mahboob Ali Khan - 1329 AH Silver - Kolkata 2016-06-28 5271-5272.png
One Rupee coin issued by Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1329 AH (1911 CE).
Hyderabad - One Rupee Coin issued by Mir Osman Ali Khan - 1335 AH Silver(The Urdu letter "Ain" inside the Charminar represents 1st letter of the word "Osman" Hyderabad - One Rupee - Osman Ali Khan - 1335 AH Silver - Kolkata 2016-06-29 5351-5352.png
Hyderabad - One Rupee Coin issued by Mir Osman Ali Khan - 1335 AH Silver(The Urdu letter "Ain" inside the Charminar represents 1st letter of the word "Osman"

The banknotes of Hyderabad were issued from 1918 until 1953. The ruling Nizam of Hyderabad was Mir Osman Ali Khan. Notes issued as early as 1916 have been reported. The notes are dated in the Fasli Era, so adding 589 to the FE date will convert it to the AD date. They were printed in Urdu, with the value of currency written in Urdu, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada and English on them.

In 1932, a quantity of unissued, but water-stained Hyderabadi notes in 5, 10, and 100 rupee denominations were recovered from the SS Egypt, which sank off the island of Ushant near Brest, northern France in 1922. Many of these were given a special stamping and sold as souvenirs. These notes were in the process of being shipped from England where they had been printed. These notes are of historic interest to notaphilists. Some of the notes are printed slightly later than the dates that they bear.

The double letter serial number prefix determines what series the note is located in. Some of the 1939-53 issues have a single serial number prefix series code letter.

Hali Osmania paper currency in Hyderabad State that was returned to the treasury from 1 July 1953 to 31 October 1953 is O. S. Rs 8.05 crores including one-rupee notes. and O. S.Rs 18.42 crores including rupee coins and small coins as of 28 November 1953. [5]

Signature chart

The signature also provides a clue to the approximate period when a note was issued. It is not yet certain what titles the signatories held (in English), as the inscriptions are in Urdu.

First issue (1916/18-19) Sir Reginald R. Clancy

Second issue (1919-20) Fakhr-ud-Din Ahmad

Third issue (1921-36) Hyder Nawaz Jung

Five-rupee note from Hyderabad, dated 1 February 1347 A.H. (1928/9) Five-rupee note from Hyderabad.jpg
Five-rupee note from Hyderabad, dated 1 February 1347 A.H. (1928/9)

Fourth issue (1936-38) Fakhr-Yar Jung (1st time)

Fifth issue (1939) Mehdi Yar Jung

Sixth issue (1940-41) Fakhr-Yar Jung (2nd time)

Seventh issue (1941-45) Sir Malik Ghulam Muhammad

Eighth issue (1945) Liaquat Jung (1st time)

Ninth issue (1945-46) Zahed Husain

Tenth issue(1946) Zahed Jung

Eleventh issue (1946-47) Liaquat Jung (2nd time)

Twelfth issue (1947-48) Moin Nawaz Jung

This issue is historic as it was issued in the short period that Hyderabad attempted to become independent as a constitutional monarchy within the British Commonwealth.

Thirteenth issue (1948-49) D.R. Pradhan

This was the first issue after Hyderabad was liberated from the Nizam's rule and forced to be incorporated into the Dominion of India as a result of Operation Polo.

Currency signed by Dr. G.S. Melkote Currency Signed by Dr G S Melkote.JPG
Currency signed by Dr. G.S. Melkote

Fourteenth issue (1950) C.V.S. Rao

This was the first issue after India became a republic (26 January 1950).

Fifteenth issue (1950-53) Dr. G.S. Melkote

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References

  1. RBI Currency Museum: Hyderabad State banknotes Reserve Bank of India. Retrieved 14 August 2021
  2. "10 Osmania Sicca". Mintage World. 6 August 2021.
  3. Rezwan Razack and Kishore Jhunjhunwalla (2012). The Revised Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money . Coins & Currencies. ISBN   978-81-89752-15-6.
  4. "Hyderabad: Others". www.rbi.org.in. Archived from the original on 6 October 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/55653/1/lsd_01_05_14-12-1953.pdf Page no. 25

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