How to check authenticity of Rs 2000 and Rs 500 notes? You can try these simple and easy tips

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