One-third the area of the United States, the Republic of India occupies most of the subcontinent of India in southern Asia. It borders on China in the northeast. Other neighbors are Pakistan on the west, Nepal and Bhutan on the north, and Burma and Bangladesh on the east.

The country can be divided into three distinct geographic regions: the Himalayan region in the north, which contains some of the highest mountains in the world, the Gangetic Plain, and the plateau region in the south and central part. Its three great river systems—the Ganges, the Indus, and the Brahmaputra—have extensive deltas and all rise in the Himalayas. It is second in population only to China ENJOY!!!

Languages: Hindi, English, Panjabi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Kannada, Assamese, Sanskrit, Sindhi (all official);
Religions: Hindu, Islam, Sikh, Christian
Status: UN Country 1945
Rupee: from Sanskrit word "Rupya" - Silver

Tonight's selection is a 1991 issue of 1 Rupee. The book value of these is $2.00. The Forex is:
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
1 Indian Rupee = 0.01947 US Dollar

(Front) Coin with Asoka column at upper r. (Back) Offshore oil drilling platform and reverse of coin.
Watermark: Asoka Column

Note: Currency from India is seldom seen without 2 small pinholes in the end of the note. The reason for this is that when NEW Indian notes are delivered to the banks they are held together in 100 note stacks by STAPLES! Yes, the staples like those used in boxes.