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Mumbai/Bhubaneswar: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will issue Rs 200 denomination banknotes tomorrow in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing signature of RBI Governor Dr. Urjit R. Patel.
According to a press release issued by RBI, the new denomination has Motif of Sanchi Stupa on the reverse, depicting the country’s cultural heritage. The base colour of the note is Bright Yellow. The note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at the obverse and reverse.
The image and salient features of Rs 200 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series are as under:
- Salient Features
Obverse (Front)
- See through register with denominational numeral 200
- Latent image with denominational numeral 200
- Denominational numeral २०० in Devnagari
- Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre
- Micro letters ‘RBI’, ‘भारत’, ‘India’ and ‘200’
- 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
- Guarantee Clause, Governor’s signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards right of Mahatma Gandhi portrait
- Denominational numeral with Rupee Symbol, ₹ 200 in colour changing ink (green to blue) on bottom right
- Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right
- Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (200) watermarks
- Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side
- For visually impaired
Intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, raised Identification mark H with micro-text Rs 200, four angular bleed lines with two circles in between the lines both on the right and left sides
Reverse (Back)
- Year of printing of the note on the left
- Swachh Bharat logo with slogan
- Language panel
- Motif of Sanchi Stupa
- Denominational numeral २०० in Devnagari
Dimension
- Dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm × 146 mm