Mumbai: Worried about "fake new notes" of Rs 2,000, Rs 500 denominations in the market?
Here are easy and simple some tips to verify if the notes are genuine:-
- The touch and feel of the notes can be used for this.
- The seven "bleed lines" on the side of the Rs 2,000 notes, and five lines on Rs 500 notes are in raised printing or intaglio.
- The security thread in both the notes changes colour from green to blue at different angles.
- Also, the numeral 500 and 2,000 on the right side also change colour when seen at different angles.
- These can be easily identified by any user and are very hard to counterfeit, according to experts.
- The new notes have changed colours. While the Rs 2,000 note`s paper is in magenta, the Rs 500 note is in stone gray.
- The Rs 2,000 note is part of the Mahatma Gandhi (New) series, with a motif of Mars orbiter Mangalyaan on the reverse. Size is 66mm x 166 mm.
Other features of the new Rs 2,000 note are as follows:
Front side features
-See through register where the numeral 2,000 can be seen when note is held up against light
-Latent image of 2,000 can be seen when the note is tilted
-Colour shift security thread with `RBI` and `2,000`
-Watermarks of Mahatma Gandhi and electrotype 2,000 numeral
-Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on top left and bottom right sides
Reverse side features
-Swachh Bharat logo
-Mangalayan motif and year of printing, 2016
-The new Rs 500 note at 63mm x 150mm is smaller in size than previous one.
Rs 500 note
Front side features
-See through register in denomination numeral
-Latent image of the denomination numeral
-Orientation of Mahatma Gandhi`s portrait changed
-Portrait and electrotype watermarks
-Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on top left and bottom right sides
-Features for visually impaired like circle with Rs 500 in raised print on the right
Reverse side features
-Swachh Bharat logo
-Red Fort image with the Indian flag
-Circle with Rs 500 in Devnagari on the right
