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500 Rupees No Date, Yellow
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 2000-2004 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by an intaglio portrait of Mahatma Gandhi facing right at centre-right, captioned 'MAHATMA GANDHI' in English and Devanagari script below, set against a fine guilloche underprint in olive-yellow tones. To the left, a large ornate watermark window is flanked by the Ashoka Pillar emblem at lower left, with the large numeral '500' in colour-shifting ink at centre rendered over an intricate floral medallion. The Reserve Bank of India seal appears at lower right, with bilingual promise text and the Governor's signature below centre. |
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| Signature(s) | without plate letter - Bimal Jalan plate letter A - Bimal Jalan plate letter B - Bimal Jalan plate letter C - Bimal Jalan without plate letter - Reddy plate letter A - Reddy plate letter B - Reddy plate letter C - Reddy |
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| Protection description | Mahatma Gandhi portrait watermark visible in the dedicated window at left of obverse; windowed security thread embedded in the paper with 'RBI' inscribed. |
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