New Rs 100 Note in Lavender Colour With Motif of 'Rani Ki Vav' to be Issued by RBI, Old Currency to Remain Legal

The new Rs 100 curreny note has Motif of 'Rani Ki Vav' on the reverse, depicting the country’s cultural heritage.

New Rs 100 Note

New Delhi, July 19: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday announced it will issue lavender coloured new Rs 100 note soon. The new Rs 100 curreny note has Motif of 'RANI KI VAV' on the reverse, depicting the country’s cultural heritage. The dimension of the new banknote will be 66 mm × 142 mm.

"The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue Rs 100 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series," said the central bank. The new notes will bear the signature of RBI Governor Urjit Patel. All the existing banknotes in the denomination of Rs 100 will continue to be legal tender.

Obverse (Front)

1. See through register with denominational numeral 100

2. Latent image with denominational numeral 100

3. Denominational numeral १०० in Devnagari

4. Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre

5. Micro letters ‘RBI’, ‘भारत’, ‘India’ and ‘100’

6. Windowed security thread with inscriptions ‘भारत’ and RBI 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 of Mahatma Gandhi portrait

8. Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right

9. Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (100) watermarks

10. Number panel with numerals in ascending font on the top left side and bottom right side

11. For visually impaired intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, raised triangular identification mark with micro-text 100, four angular bleed lines both on the right and left sides

Reverse (Back)

12. Year of printing of the note on the left

13. Swachh Bharat logo with slogan

14. Language panel

15. Motif of RANI KI VAV

16. Denominational numeral १०० in Devnagari

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As is normal, when a new design of banknote is introduced, printing and supply of these notes for distribution to public through the banking channel will gradually increase, the RBI said.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jul 19, 2018 03:30 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

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