India – New R100 banknote printed by RBI – 2018

The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue a R100 banknote in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing signature of Dr. Urjit R. Patel, Governor of Reserve Bank of India. The new denomination has Motif of “RANI KI VAV” on the reverse, depicting the country’s cultural heritage. The base colour of the note is Lavender. The note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at the obverse and reverse.

Dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm × 142 mm.

All the banknotes in the denomination of R100  issued by the Reserve Bank in the earlier series will continue to be legal tender. As usual, when a new design of banknote is introduced, printing and supply of these notes for distribution to public through the banking channel will gradually increase.

Dr. Urjit R. Patel, Governor of Reserve Bank of India

R100 Banknote Obverse details

1. See through register with denominational numeral 100
2. Latent image with denominational numeral 100
3. Denominational numeral १०० in Devnagari
4. Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre
5. Micro letters ‘RBI’, ‘भारत’, ‘India’ and ‘100’
6. 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

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.

Obverse of new R100 banknote – specimen n°5 (copyright RBI)

R100 banknote Reverse details

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 १०० in Devnagari

Reverse of new R100 banknote – specimen n°5 (copyright RBI) 

Sources: RBI and NUMISMAG©.