I-002 500 Rupees Mahatma Gandhi (Green) Series Plain Inset S. Venkitaramanan

I-002

S. Venkitaramanan

Pick Numbers: P87b B270b

Colour: Green, Blue and Multicolour.
Size: 167 x 73 mm
Inset: No / Plain / Without
Language Panel: 13 Regional text value - Assamee, Bangla, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.

Obverse: 'भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक' (in Hindi) / 'RESERVE BANK OF INDIA' in 2 lines on top centre. Watermark window on left, Denomination panel on centre and Language panel on the right. Mahatma Gandhi portrait in-between denomination panel and language panel. 'केन्द्रीय सरकार द्वारा प्रत्याभूत' (in Hindi) / 'GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT' in 2 lines above the denomination panel. Large numeric '500' in centre of the denomination panel and 'पाँच सौ रुपये' (in Hindi) across it. Ashoka Pillar with 'सत्यमेव जयते' (in Hindi) in-between watermark window and denomination panel. A promise text below the denomination panel in Hindi and English. Promise text 'I PROMISE TO PAY THE / BEARER THE SUM OF / FIVE HUNDRED RUPEES' in 3 lines. Signed by the GOVERNOR in Hindi and English below it. RBI seal with a tiger and palm tree on the bottom centre. 'मो.क. गांधी' 'M.K. GANDHI' text below Mahatma Gandhi portrait. 5 horizontal small Bleed lines on the bottom left side of watermark window. Red horizontal prefix serial number with the small font in top right corner and bottom left corner. Numeric '500' on the top left and 'पाँच सौ रुपये' (in Hindi) on the bottom right.

Reverse: 'भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक' Hindi text in top centre. Dandi March Statue in the centre and Watermark window in right. Statue of Mahatma Gandhi leading nation by Gyarah Murti at Mother Teresa Cresent in New Delhi with a background of the rising sun. 'FIVE HUNDRED RUPEES' text at the bottom centre. Numeric '500' at the top right and bottom left. 'पाँच सौ रुपये' (in Hindi)  on the top left. Relief Underprint numeric '500' beneath 'पाँच सौ रुपये' (in Hindi) below Watermark window.

Watermark: Ashoka Pillar with 6 wheels on left, R/B/I in 3 lines on centre and Numeric '500' on right.

Security thread: Solid security thread.

Prefix: 0AH - 9BF

Remark: Design and format the same as the previous issue (I-01). Signature changed.