The Reserve Bank of India has released first photos of soon to launch new 100  rupee note on their website. Like in use 100 rupee note, it has Mahatma Gandhi, bearing a signature of Reserve Bank Governor, Dr. Urjit R. Patel in front, at back, it has Motif of “RANI KI VAV” depicting the country’s cultural heritage. The base colour of the note is Lavender. The dimension of the banknote is 66 mm × 142 mm.

Salient Features of the new 100 rupee banknote

Obverse (Front)

1. See through register with denominational numeral 100

2. Latent image with denominational numeral 100

3. Denominational numeral ??? in Devnagari

4. Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre

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

6. Windowed security thread with inscriptions ‘????’ 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 ??? in Devnagari

RBI will shortly issue this 100 rupee denomination banknotes.

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