New Delhi:
The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue the new currency notes of Rs 500 denomination falling in the category of the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing the signature of Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Dr Urjit R Patel and with year of printing '2016' printed on the reverse of the banknote.
RBI in an official release on Wednesday said that the new denomination has the image of Red fort on the reverse, depicting the Indian heritage site with the national flag on it. The base colour of the note is stone grey.
The note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at the obverse and reverse.
The salient features of the banknotes will be as under:
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 ‘à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¤’, 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, ₹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
The new Rs 500 note comprises some special features for visually impaired people
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 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
