All You Need to Know About the Graphical Representation of Rs. 500 & Rs. 2000

The esteemed Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stunned the entire nation on November 8, Tuesday with an announcement that Rs. 1000 and Rs. 500 notes won’t be legal tender any longer. According to the respected P.M, the decision has been taken to flush out fake and black money lurking in the financial system of India. As per the Govt. Instructions the banks will start issuing new notes with denominations of Rs. 1000 and Rs. 500 from November 10, Thursday.

The Reserve Bank of India is said to have taken a decision of introducing the new design banknotes in the denomination of Rs 2000 as part of Mahatma Gandhi Series. The new denomination has a motif of the Mangalyaan on the reverse, referring to the India’s first venture in interplanetary space. Magenta is said to be the base color of the note. The new note has some other geometric pattern, design aligning with the entire color scheme both on the reverse and the observe. 66mm x 166mm is said to be the new size of the new note.

Here are some of the salient features of the new Rs. 2000 Note :

Obverse (Front)

See-through register with denominational numeral 2000 will be seen when the note will be held against light

Latent image with denominational numeral 2000 that will be visible when the note will be held at 45 degree angle at the eye level

Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi in the center

Denominational numeral 2000 in Devanagari

Micro letters “RBI” and “2000”

Guarantee Clause, Governor’s signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards right

Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi and electrotype (2000)watermarks

The emblem of Ashoka Pillar on the right

Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom ride side

Reverse ( Back)

Year of printing on the note

The logo of Swacch Bharat along with slogan

Language panel towards the center

The Motif of Mangalyan that reflects India’s first venture in the interplanetary space

For visually impaired

Horizontal rectangle with Rs. 2000 in raised print on the right

7 angular bleed lines on right and left side in raised print

Raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem bases and identification mark

The new Rs. 500 note is completely different from the present series in size,color, theme,design elements and location of security features. 63mm x 150mm is said to be the size of the new note. Stone Grey is said to be the color of the new notes. The predominant new theme is Indian heritage site – Red Fort.

Check out some of the salient features of Rs. 500:

Obverse

See-through register in denominational numeral

Denomination numeral in Devanagari

Windowed security thread changes color from green to blue when the note is titled

portrait and electrotype watermarks

Ashoka pillar emblem on the right

Guarantee clauses, Governor’s signature with promise clause and RBI emblem titled towards right

For visually impaired

Circle with Rs. 500 in raised print on the right

Five bleed lines on left and right in raised print

Reverse

Year of printing on the left side of the note

Swachh Bharat logo with slogan

Language panel towards center

Red Fort – an image of Indian Heritage site with Indian Flag

Besides the common public, the bankers and industrialists have also welcomed the “move” and insisted that the temporary hiccup will not ask for any trouble. After all, this surprising step appears to be designed for bringing billions of dollars worth of cash in the unaccounted wealth into the mainstream economy.