The Currency BazaarWhat Indian banknotes are really worth
The everyday denominations, with the honest answer for each: what an ordinary note is worth, and what the genuinely collectable ones actually fetch.
| Note | Ordinary one | Best version in our catalogue | Which version that is |
|---|---|---|---|
| ₹1 note | ₹1 | ₹4,500 – ₹28,000 | One Rupee Note — Burma overprint |
| ₹2 note | ₹2 | ₹180 – ₹1,100 | Two Rupees Note — Tiger |
| ₹5 note | ₹5 | ₹900 – ₹6,000 | Five Rupees Note — King George VI |
| ₹10 note | ₹10 | ₹6,000 – ₹40,000 | Ten Rupees Note — Hajj / Gulf |
| ₹20 note | ₹20 | ₹120 – ₹900 | Twenty Rupees Note — Star series |
| ₹100 note | ₹100 | ₹1,500 – ₹12,000 | Hundred Rupees Note — 786 serial |
| ₹500 note | ₹500 | ₹1,800 – ₹9,500 | Five Hundred Rupees Note |
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Why old does not mean valuable
Value in paper money comes from how few were printed and how few survived unfolded — not from age. A note from the 1970s that hundreds of millions of people handled is common, however old it looks now.
That is the single fact the "your note is worth lakhs" business depends on you not knowing. Once you know it, every message of that kind reads the same way, and the request for a fee always arrives.
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