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Banknotes of denominations of ₹5, ₹10, ₹20, ₹50, ₹100, ₹500 and ₹1000 of the Mahatma Gandhi Series. The Gandhi Series of banknotes are issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as the legal tender of Indian rupee. The series is so called because the obverse of the banknotes prominently display the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi.
Lion Capital of Ashoka. The Lion Capital Series were a series of currency notes issued after India declared its independence from Great Britain and used until the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced the Mahatma Gandhi Series in 1996 with banknotes in denominations of 10 and 500 rupees, and were designed with the image of the Lion Capital of Ashoka, the National Emblem which replaced the ...
The Indian 500-rupee banknote (₹500) is a denomination of the Indian rupee. In 1987, the ₹500 note was introduced, followed by the ₹1,000 note in 2000 while ₹1 and ₹2 notes were discontinued in 1995. The current ₹500 banknote, in circulation since 10 November 2016, is a part of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series.
On 28 October 2016, the total banknotes in circulation in India were valued at ₹17.77 trillion; what proportion of this derived from ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes was unknown. In its annual report of March 2016, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stated that total banknotes in circulation valued ₹16.42 trillion, of which nearly 86% (around ...
The first banknotes issued in the New Series were the denominations of ₹ 500 and ₹ 2000, and are in circulation since 10 November 2016. While the ₹ 500 note is still being printed, the ₹ 2000 note was last issued date 2017. [1] [2] [3] The RBI announced on 18 August 2017 that it would soon issue a new ₹ 50 note. [4]
The second ordinance, the High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Ordinance, 1946, demonetised bank notes of denominations ₹500 and above. While the exchanging of notes was initially allowed only until 9th February, 1946, it was extended multiple times. [2]: 5 By the end of 1947, out of a total of Rs. 143.97 crore of high denomination ...
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A 20 paisa coin was minted in 1968. Neither of these coins gained much popularity. The 1, 2 and 3 paisa coins were phased out gradually in the 1970s. In 1982, a new 2 rupee coin was introduced experimentally to replace 2 rupee notes. The 2 rupee coin was not minted again till 1990, after which it was minted every following year.