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The new 100 currency note comes in an attractive lavender colour with the motif of 'Rani-ki-Vav' depicting the country's rich cultural heritage
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New Delhi: Paying tribute to India’s rich cultural heritage, ₹ 100 currency notes will soon come in a new design and a fresh lavender colour. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today announced that the new ₹ 100 denomination currency note will soon be made available at banks. Part of the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series of banknotes, the new denomination prominently carries the motif of ‘Rani-Ki-Vav’ (The Queen’s Stepwell), a UNESCO World Heritage site in Gujarat.
Located in Gujarat’s Patan, the 900-year-old architectural wonder highlights the sanctity of water as it is designed as an inverted temple under the earth’s surface.
All banknotes in the denomination of ₹ 100 issued by the RBI in the earlier series will continue to be legal tender. As is normal, 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, says RBI.
Here are some interesting features about the new ₹ 100 note:
The new ₹ 100 note features a windowed security thread with inscriptions ‘Bharat’ in Hindi and RBI with colour shift on the front side. Colour of the thread also changes from green to blue when the note is tilted.
The back side of the note displays a photograph of ‘Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell). Located at Patan in Gujarat, the heritage site was initially built as a memorial to a king in the 11th century AD.
For visually-impaired, the note has 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.
The note features a Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (100) watermarks.
On the front side, the currency note has a see through register with denominational numeral 100.
The denomination numeral 100 is written in both Hindi and Devnagari with a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre.
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