Catalog
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1997-2000 |
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| Currency | Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at right, turned three-quarters to the left with his name lettered below in both Devanagari and Roman script; the Sarnath Lion Capital emblem appears at centre-left beneath the bilingual promise-to-pay legend. A blank watermark window occupies the upper-left field, with the large denomination numeral '500' rendered in guilloche over a multicolour floral underprint at centre, and the Reserve Bank of India seal placed at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक RESERVE BANK OF INDIA केन्द्रीय सरकार द्वारा प्रत्याभूत GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT मैं धारक को पाँच सौ रुपये अदा करने का वचन देता हूँ I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED RUPEES पाँच सौ रुपये सत्यमेव जयते महात्मा गाँधी MAHATMA GANDHI गवर्नर GOVERNOR |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an intaglio rendering of the Dandi March sculpture — a processional group of Mahatma Gandhi and his followers — set against a multicolour guilloche underprint in olive and green tones. The denomination numeral '500' is printed at both left and right margins, while a horizontal language panel at centre carries the note's value inscription in fifteen Indian languages. |
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