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The Reserve Bank of India will
shortly issue Rs.100 denomination banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi Series without
inset letter in numbering panel bearing the signature of Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Governor.
The new series 2005 banknotes 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). All the security features have been mentioned in the earlier
Press Release dated August 10, 2005, and the salient additional/new security
features of the Rs.100 banknotes are as under :
Obverse (front)
Security Thread : The new
series 2005 banknotes in Rs.100 denomination will have machine readable windowed
demetalised clear text magnetic 2 mm wide security thread with inscriptions
'RBI' with exclusive colour shift. 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.
The thread will be visible as a continuous line from behind when held up against
light.
See-through Register : The
floral design printed both on the front (hollow) and back (filled up) of the
Rs.100 banknote 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.
Electrolyte Watermark : In
addition to the Mahatma Gandhi watermark, the denominational numeral 100 appears
alongside Mahatma Gandhi portrait in the watermark window.
Omron anti-photocopying feature
: The feature appears in the form of tiny yellow circles on either side
of the legend 'Reserve Bank of India'.
Intaglio print : The portrait
of Mahatma Gandhi, the Reserve Bank seal, guarantee and promise clause, Ashoka
Pillar emblem on the left, RBI Governor's signature, and identification mark
for the visually impaired are printed in intaglio, i.e., in raised prints (felt
by touch) and have been made more prominent by raising the depth.
Reverse (back)
Year of printing : Year
of printing will appear on the reverse of the Rs.100 banknote.
Omron anti-photocopying feature
: The feature appears in the form of tiny yellow circles in the right hand
margin of the Rs.100 banknote.
All banknotes in the denomination
of Rs.100 issued by the Reserve Bank in the past will continue to be legal tender.
G. Raghuraj
Deputy General Manager
Press Release: 2005-2006/246
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