New
Delhi:
The Reserve Bank of India will soon issue Rs100 denomination
banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi series with enhanced security
features.
The new series 2005 banknotes bearing the signature of
the RBI Governor YV Reddy, will be of the same size with
no change in the colour/design/images of the banknotes
both at the obverse (front) and the reverse (back), the
central bank said in a release.
On the front side the security features will consist of
security thread, see-through register, electrolyte watermark,
omron anti-photocopying feature, intaglio print.
The new series 2005 banknotes in Rs100 denomination will
have machine-readable windowed demetalised clear text
magnetic 2mm wide security thread with inscriptions 'Bharat'
in Hindi and 'RBI' with exclusive colour shift.
The colour of the thread shall shift from green to blue
when viewed from different angles. It will fluoresce in
yellow on the reverse and the text will fluoresce on the
obverse under ultraviolet light and the thread will be
visible as a continuous line from behind when held up
against light.
The floral design printed both on the front (hollow) and
back (filled up) of the Rs100 banknotes in the middle
of the vertical band next to the watermark window will
have the denominational numeral 100. While half of the
numeral is printed on the obverse (front) and half on
the reverse (back). Both the printed portions have an
accurate back-to-back registration so that the numeral
appears as one when viewed against light.
The portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, the Reserve Bank seal,
guarantee and promise clause, Ashoka Pillar emblem on
the left, RBI governor's signature, and identification
mark for the visually impaired are printed in intaglio,
i.e., in raised prints (felt by touch) and have been made
more prominent by raising the depth.
The
RBI also said all banknotes in the denomination of Rs100
issued by the Reserve Bank in the past will continue to
be legal tender.
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