The Reserve Bank of India will soon issue Rs 100 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi series without an inset letter in the numbering panel.
The new series 2005 banknotes bearing the signature of RBI Governor Y V Reddy, will be of the same size and there is 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 a security thread, a see-through register, an electrolyte watermark, an omron anti-photocopying feature and intaglio print.
The new banknotes 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 Rs 100 banknotes in the middle of the vertical band next to the watermark window will have the denominational numeral 100. 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.
In addition to the Mahatma Gandhi watermark, the denominational numeral 100 appears alongside Mahatma Gandhi portrait in the watermark window.
The omron anti-photocopying feature appears in the form of tiny yellow circles on either side of the legend 'Bharatiya Reserve Bank' written in Hindi and 'Reserve Bank of India'.
The portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, the Reserve Bank seal, guarantee and promise clause, Ashoka Pillar emblem on the left, the RBI governor's signature and identification mark for the visually impaired are printed in intaglio, (in raised prints that can be felt by touch) and have been made more prominent by raising the depth.
On the reverse (back) -- year of printing will appear on the reverse of the Rs 100 banknotes and omron anti-photocopying feature appears in the form of tiny yellow circles in the right hand margin of the Rs 100 banknote.
RBI also said all banknotes in the denomination of Rs 100 issued by the Reserve Bank in the past will continue to be legal tender.
