Catalog
50 Rupees Dated Reverse with Rupee Symbol - ₹
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 2012-2017 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at centre-right, with the Ashoka Pillar emblem at lower left. The Reserve Bank of India seal appears at lower right, flanked by guilloche underprint in shades of lavender and blue. Intaglio-printed legends appear above and below the central vignette. |
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| Protection description | Mahatma Gandhi, a mirror image of the main portrait, visible when held to light; windowed security thread embedded in the paper |
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The ₹ symbol printed on the reverse marks the clearest way to distinguish this series from its predecessor — India's official rupee sign was adopted in 2010 following a government design competition won by D. Udaya Kumar, and the RBI began incorporating it into new note designs shortly after. The presence or absence of a small square at the left of the obverse, combined with plate letters and three different governor signatures, produces an unusually fragmented signature matrix for a single Pick number — at least twelve catalogued varieties across a five-year run.
Urjit Patel's signature variants here are among his last before demonetisation in November 2016 rendered the preceding ₹500 and ₹1000 notes void overnight, a policy that indirectly accelerated the design refresh leading to the Mahatma Gandhi New Series.