New Rs 500 and Rs 2000 notes : Features,Comparison

          The 2000 rupees note is a new “R” series by Reserved bank of India. Dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm × 166 mm. The note will be more durable and cannot be copied easily.

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, ₹2000 in colour changing ink (green to blue) on bottom right

9.Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right

10. Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (2000) watermarks

11. 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

12. Horizontal rectangle with ₹2000 in raised print on the right

13.Seven angular bleed lines on left and right side in raised print

14.Year of printing of the note on the left

15.Swachh Bharat logo with slogan

16.Language panel towards the centre

17. Motif of Mangalayan

18. Denominational numeral २००० in Devnagari

19. Dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm × 166 mm.

Indian currency printing machine

Currency counting machine

New 500 Rupee note

          The RBI will issue ₹ 500 denomination banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series with inset letter ‘E’ in both the number panels. The note will have the signature of Governor Dr Urjit R Patel and will bear the year of printing ‘2016’ and Swachh Bharat Logo printed on the reverse of the bank note.  The size of the new note is 63 mm x 150 mm. The colour of the notes is stone grey and the predominant new theme is Indian heritage site – Red Fort. The new Rs 500 notes are different from the present series in colour, size, theme, location of security features and design elements.

On The Front side of new 500 rupee Note:-

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 note back

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.

Down the memory lane:-

          The highest denomination note ever printed by the Reserve Bank of India was the Rs. 10,000 note in 1938 and again in 1954. But these notes were demonetised in January 1946 and again in January 1978. However, this is the first time that Rs. 2,000 currency note is being introduced.

Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 10,000 bank notes were in circulation prior to January 1946. Higher denomination banknotes of Rs. 1,000, Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 10,000 were reintroduced in 1954 and all of them were demonetised in January 1978.

To recycle waste, the National Institute of Design (NID) will develop usable products from scrapped currency notes