New issue with mahatma gandhi portrait and gyarah murti a sculpture depicting gandhi leads the nation on reverse. denomination revived after 50 years. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT and Promise Text in Hindi and English. Signed by Governor in Hindi and English. 500 in Central Denomination Panel with PAANCH SAU RUPAYE in Hindi across it. 500 in top left corner and PAANCH SAU RUPAYE in Hindi in lower right corner. Language panel beside portrait of Mahatma Gandhi with M. K. GANDHI in Hindi and English below it. Serial number in red in top right and lower left. RBI seal in lower centre. Ashoka Pillar with Satyameva Jayate beside watermark window. Braille identification of five small black horizontal lines in lower left of watermark window. Security thread on left.

BHARATIYA RESERVE BANK in Hindi above with vignette of Gyarah Murti – these sculptures are the depiction of Mahatma Gandhi leading the Nation situated at Mother Teresa Crescent, New Delhi, with rising sun in the background. 500 on top right and lower left. PAANCH SAU RUPAYE in Hindi in top left. PAANCH SAU RUPAYE in Hindi in lower right written across relief 500. FIVE HUNDRED RUPEES below vignette.

Rainbow tint in wavy lines in watermark window on reverse.

Embedded metallic thread between two sheets printed separately and glued together using special hydraulic press.

Type 1 on obverse

Type 5 on obverse

Ashoka Pillar with 6 wheels in background on left . R/B/I in three lines in centre, bold 500 on right.

16.7 x 7.3 cm

Gyarah Murti - Sculpture situated at Mother Teresa Crescent, New Delhi. Depiction of Mahatma Gandhi leading the nation. This type has been withdrawn from circulation due to large scale forgeries Denomination of Rs. 500 revived after 50 years. Gyarah Murti - Sculpture situated at Mother Teresa Crescent, New Delhi. Depiction of Mahatma Gandhi leading the nation. Braille identification of five small black horizontal lines