India, 2015
500Rupees
Indian Five Hundred Rupees Banknote
- Country
- India
- Issuer
- Reserve Bank of India
- Issue year
- 2015
- Series
- Mahatma Gandhi Series
- Type
- Horizontal note
- Material
- Paper
- Size
- 167 × 73 mm
- Signature
- Raghuram G. Rajan
- Serial
- 1QF 8 1 4 7 3 0
Currency Information
The story
The front shows Mahatma Gandhi beside the Lion Capital of Ashoka, India’s national emblem, which was originally erected around 250 BCE at Sarnath. The back shows the Dandi March of 1930, in which Gandhi and his followers peacefully protested the British salt monopoly. The panel of 15 languages reflects India’s linguistic diversity.
Front
Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi in round glasses with name captions in Hindi and English, Lion Capital of Ashoka from Sarnath with “सत्यमेव जयते” motto, Reserve Bank of India seal with tiger and palm tree, Hindi and English bank name and “Guaranteed by the Central Government” text, promise-to-pay text in Hindi and English, rupee symbol before the numerals, Governor’s signature in English and Hindi with printed title, ornamental arabesque and floral borders, blank oval portrait area
Back
Dandi March sculpture showing Gandhi leading his followers with a walking staff, panel with the denomination in 15 Indian languages and scripts, Hindi bank name, ornamental floral arch and border patterns, “Five Hundred Rupees” text in Hindi and English, blank oval portrait area
Watermark
Mahatma Gandhi portrait with vertical electrotype “500”
