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Old Indian currency note turned up, praise be (7)

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I believe the answer is:

hosanna

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'praise be' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'old indian currency note turned up' is the wordplay.
'old indian currency' becomes 'anna' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'note' becomes 'soh' (I've seen this before).
'turned up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'anna'+'soh'='annasoh'
'annasoh' reversed gives 'HOSANNA'.

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(Other definitions for hosanna that I've seen before include "Said in praise of God" , "exclamation of joy" , "A cry of praise to God, from Hebrew" , "Exclamation of praise to God, from Hebrew" , "Hebrew word in the Bible, an exclamation of praise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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