PIB Fact Check, a fact-checking unit of the Press Information Bureau, has recently alerted people against the fake news about Rs 500 note circulating on social media. It said that all notes having a green strip near Gandhiji or the Reserve Bank of India❼(RBI❼ signature are valid. A message circulating on social media has been claiming that those Rs 500 currency notes are fake that have green strips near Gandhiji instead of the RBI Governor’s signature.
However, it is a fake claim as the central bank says that both currency notes are valid.
PIB also attached a PDF file provided by the RBI that helps people to differentiate between real and counterfeit currency.
The Rs 500 denomination banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series bear the governor❼signature, RBI. The note has a ❛d Fort✩otif on the reverse, depicting the country❼cultural heritage. The base colour of the note is stone grey. The note has other designs and geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both are obverse and reverse, the document read.
Here are the obverse features as mentioned by PIB (per RBI)
See-through register with the denominational numeral 500
Latent image with denominational numeral 500
Denominational numeral ५00 in Devnagri.
Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre
Micro letters ‘भारत’ and ‘India’
Colour shift windowed security threat with inscriptions ‘भारत’ and ‘RBI’. The Colour of the thread changes from green to blue when the note is tilted
Guarantee clause, Governor’s signature with promise Clause and RBI emblem towards the right of Mahatma Gandhi’s portrait
Mahatma Gandhi’s portrait and electrotype (500) watermarks
Number panel with numerals in ascending font on the top left side and bottom right side
Denominational numeral with Rupee Symbol in (₹500) in colour changing ink (green to blue) on the bottom right
Ashoka pillar emblem on the right
Features for the visually impaired
Intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait (4) Ashika pillar emblem (11) circular identification mark with micro text Rs 500 on the right, five angular bleed lines of both the left and right sides.
Here are the reverse features as mentioned by PIB (per RBI)
Year of printing of the note on the left
Swachh Bharat logo with slogan
Language panel
Motif of Red Fort
Denominational numeral ५00 in Devnagri.
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