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| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1997-2002 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at right, rendered in intaglio, with his name inscribed below in both Devanagari and Latin script. At centre, a large guilloche underprint surrounds the ornate numeral '50' flanked by the denomination in Hindi. The Reserve Bank seal appears at lower right, with the Ashoka Pillar emblem at lower left, and the issuer's name in Hindi and English across the top. |
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| Reverse description | The Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House of India, New Delhi) occupies the central vignette, rendered in fine intaglio line work with a flagpole visible above the circular colonnaded structure. At left, a panel lists the denomination in fifteen regional scripts of India alongside a decorative floral spray. Guilloche rosette patterns and foliate ornamentation frame the composition, with the denomination numerals '50' at lower left and the legend 'FIFTY RUPEES' at lower right. |
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| Protection description | Mahatma Gandhi portrait watermark; embedded security thread with 'RBI' inscription |
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