Have Rs 500, Rs 2000 bank notes in pocket? Then know this too

Rs 500 and Rs 2000 bank notes have taken over the financial space to a great extent even though the country is increasingly moving towards a cashless existence. However, how familiar are you with Rs 500 and Rs 2000 bank notes? You may have handled them, but apart from the cursory glance at the numbers and the colors, you must not have paid much attention. Wrong thing to do! This means, you will not be able to tell the legitimate currency note from a fake bank note. You can change this right here and now, just keep reading. 

The new design bank notes are distinctly different from the earlier bank notes in color, size and theme. The theme of the new series notes is India’s heritage sites and achievements.

The new Rs 500 bank note in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series are different from the present series in color, size, theme, location of security features and design elements. The size of the new note is 66mm x 150mm. The colour of the notes is stone grey and the predominant new theme is Indian heritage site - Red Fort.

While new Rs 2000 notes have motif of the Mangalyaan on the reverse, depicting the country's first venture in interplanetary space. The base colour of the note is magenta. The note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both on the obverse and the reverse. The size of the new note is 66mm x 166mm.

Rs 500 new note:

Features of Rs 500 new note: (Source: paisaboltahai.rbi.org.in)

Rs 2,000 new note:

Features of Rs 500 new note: (Source: paisaboltahai.rbi.org.in)

The security features in the current series of banknotes, such as watermark, security thread, a latent image of denomination numeral, denomination numeral in colour shifting ink, number panels, see-through register, electro-type, bleed lines, etc., continue to remain, their positions may have changed in the new design notes.