Obverse: GOVERNMENT OF INDIA on top centre. Serial number with prefix placed on top and bottom on either side. Promise text below. Below the promise text is language panel containing denomination in different languages each in individual panel four on left and four on right divided by "FIVE" Below language panel identical dates on either half. Bottom left is "FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA" in a panel and to right is signature. Denomination panel on either side aligned vertically with 5/RUPEES on top followed by numerals in the Same languages and order as in the language panel. Red underprint of two ovals under serial number above and large "5" in middle.
SIGNATURE - R.W. Gillen (Circle Initial C Calcutta)
H.F. Howard (Circle Initial C Calcutta)
M.M.S. Gubbay (Circle Initial C Calcutta)
O.T. Barrow (Circle Initial B Bombay)
R.W. Gillen (Circle Initial B Bombay)
H.F. Howard (Circle Initial B Bombay)
M.M.S. Gubbay (Circle Initial B Bombay)
Unsigned (Sea Sunk) (Circle Initial B Bombay)
M.M.S. Gubbay (Circle Initial M Madras)
H.F. Howard (Circle Initial M Madras Yet to be confirmed)
R.W. Gillen (Circle Initial M Madras Yet to be confirmed)
O.T. Barrow (Circle Initial M Madras Yet to be confirmed)
M.M.S. Gubbay (Circle Initial L Lahore)
O.T. Barrow (Circle Initial L Lahore)
R.W. Gillen (Circle Initial L Lahore)
M.M.S. Gubbay (Circle Initial R Rangoon)
H.F. Howard (Circle Initial K Kurrachee)
H.F. Howard (Circle Initial A Cawnpore)
M.M.S. Gubbay (Circle Initial A Cawnpore)
Unsigned (Sea Sunk) (Circle Initial A Cawnpore)
R.W. Gillen (Circle Initial A Cawnpore Yet to be confirmed)
O.T. Barrow (Circle Initial A Cawnpore Yet to be confirmed)
Remarks - Double bordered wavy rectangle filled with multiple wavy lines and vertical lines across at varied space. "INDIA" on top centre and "5 RUPEES 5 below. Below the wavy rectangle on left is alphabet denoting plate number and week and year of manufacturer's code in two digits in centre and right respectively
