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What a gaddi of notes actually sells for

A gaddi is a hundred notes. We hold 155 completed sales of exactly that, across 6 denominations. Below are prices somebody paid, not asking prices.

Every denomination we have enough sales for

The pattern, and it is the opposite of what people hope

The bigger the note, the smaller the multiple. A gaddi of ₹1 notes fetches 36× its face value; a gaddi of ₹50 notes fetches 1.9×.

The reason is plain. ₹1 and ₹2 notes are rarely seen in circulation now, so collectors set their price — a face value of a rupee or two is no floor at all. A ₹50 note is everyday money, so its gaddi has its own face value as a floor and only a modest collector premium on top.

A hundred together is worth less per note than two together

From 328 multi-note sales. The more notes in a lot, the less each one fetches — a buyer prices the lot, not the notes in it.

Mean price per note at each lot size. Small lots of scarce notes lift the top of this table — it is a guide to the shape, not a price list.

What counts as a gaddi here

Only sales where the recorded count is exactly one hundred. The word "bundle" is not enough — in our own parser it attaches to as few as two notes, and a table built on that assumption said a gaddi with ₹50,000 of face value sells for ₹6,150. The figure was real; the hundred was assumed.

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Cite it as: The Currency Bazaar, "What a gaddi of notes actually sells for", 155 completed sales. https://thecurrencybazaar.com/gaddi-note-value

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