RBI to introduce new 500 & 2000 Rupee Bank Notes with advanced features

In a move to curb the rising incidence of fake notes and black-money menace, the Indian government has declared that currency notes of Rs 1,000 & Rs 500 will not be legal tender from 9th November, 2016. Newly designed Rs 500 note and new 2000 Rupee bank notes will be brought into circulation. (As per Finance ministry, Govt is also proposing to launch new Rs 1000 rupee note with advanced features very soon.)

The public can exchange the old high denomination notes in the next 50 days (10th Nov to 30th Dec, 2016) in any Bank or Post office branch.

RBI has released the images of newly designed 500 rupee note and brand new 2000 rupee note. (An appeal to all my Blog readers : Kindly avoid stapling notes or writing on them)

Features of New 2000 Rupee Bank notes

The RBI will shortly issue Rs 2000 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing signature of Dr. Urjit R. Patel, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and the year of printing ‘2016’ printed on the reverse of the banknote. The dimension Dimension of the banknote will be ’66 mm × 166 mm’.

The new denomination has Motif of Mangalayan on the reverse, depicting the country’s first venture into the interplanetary space. The base colour of the note is magenta. The note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at the obverse and reverse.

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2000 Rupee Bank Note Features – Front Side (obverse)

1. See through register with denominational numeral 2000
2. Latent image with denominational numeral 2000
3. Denominational numeral २००० in Devnagari
4. Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre
5. Micro letters ‘RBI’ and ‘2000’ on the left side of the banknote
6. Windowed security thread with inscriptions ‘भारत’, RBI and 2000 on banknotes with colour shift. Colour of the thread changes from green to blue when the note is tilted
7. Guarantee Clause, Governor’s signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards right
8. Denominational numeral with Rupee Symbol, Rs 2000 in colour changing ink (green to blue) on bottom right

9. Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right
Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (2000) watermarks
10. Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side

For visually impaired
Intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, bleed lines and identity mark.
11. Horizontal rectangle with ₹2000 in raised print on the right
12. Seven angular bleed lines on left and right side in raised print

2000 Rupee Bank Note Features – Back Side (reverse)

13. Year of printing of the note on the left
14. Swachh Bharat logo with slogan
15. Language panel towards the centre
16. Motif of Mangalayan
17. Denominational numeral २००० in Devnagari

Features of New 500 Rupee Bank notes

The Reserve Bank of India will issue 500 denomination banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series with inset letter ‘E’ in both the number panels, bearing the signature of Dr. Urjit R. Patel Governor, Reserve Bank of India, the year of printing ‘2016’ and Swachh Bharat Logo printed on the reverse of the Banknote.

The new Rs 500 banknotes are different from the earlier specified bank note (SBN) series in colour, size, theme, location of security features and design elements; the principal features are;

  • The size is 66mm x150mm
  • The colour is stone grey
  • Red Fort-an image of Indian heritage site with Indian flag on the reverse
  • The banknote also has features (intaglio printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, bleed lines, circle with ` 500 in the right, and the identification mark) which enable the visually impaired person to identify the denomination.

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New 500 Rupee Bank Note Features – Front Side (obverse)

1 – See through register in 500 denomination numeral

2 – Denomination numeral’s latent image

3 – Denomination numeral in Devanagari lipi can be found

4 – Mahatma Gandhi’s portrait orientation and relative position is changed

5 – Windowed security thread changes colour from green to blue when you tilt the note

6 – Guarantee clause, Governor’s signature with premium clause and RBI emblem tilted towards right

7 – Electrotype and Portrait watermarks

8 – Number panel with numerals growing from small to large on top left and bottom right sides

9 – On the bottom right denomination numerals with rupee symbol in colour changing ink from green to right

10 – Ashoka pillar emblem can be seen on the right side

For Visually Impaired:

Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem and identification mark in raised print

11 – 500 in raised print on the right with circle

12 – On the left and right five bleed lines in raised print

New 500 Rupee Bank Note Features – Back Side (Reverse)

13 – Printed year on the left side

14 – Logo of Swatch Bharat with slogan

15 – Language panel towards centre

16 – Red fort image with Indian flag

17 – Numeral of denomination in Devanagari on the right


Breaking News (08-Nov-2016) Govt declares Rs 500 & Rs 1,000 currency notes to be void (not valid) from midnight of 8th November, 2016. How to exchange old 500 & 1000 Rupee Bank Notes? Click on the below image to read more…

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(Source: RBI circular; Images Source – RBI) (Image courtesy of [Stuart Miles] / FreeDigitalPhotos.net)

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