How to differentiate between genuine and fake Rs 2000, Rs 500 notes

NEW DELHI: On November 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination currency notes will cease to be legal tenders from the midnight as part of a string of measures to fight black money. After demonetising the existing Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes the goverment has introduced new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 currency notes. With most people seeing these notes for the first time, there’s hardly a way to tell it apart from the possible fake currency. Hyderabad Police recently busted a fake Indian currency racket near here on Saturday with the arrest of six accused and seized counterfeit notes of Rs 2,000 amounting to over Rs 2 lakh. The police seized 105 counterfeit notes of highest denomination of Rs 2,000, which was released this month following the demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes. Here we are sharing with you the security features of both the currency notes based on the official information from RBI's website to help you differentiate between old original and fake notes. Security feaures Rs 2000 note: Obverse (Front) 1. See through register with denominational numeral 2000 2. Latent image with denominational numeral 2000 3. Denominational numeral २००० in Devnagari 4. Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre 5. Micro letters ‘RBI’ and ‘2000’ on the left side of the banknote 6. Windowed security thread with inscriptions ‘भारत’, RBI and 2000 on banknotes with colour shift. Colour of the thread changes from green to blue when the note is tilted 7. Guarantee Clause, Governor’s signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards right 8. Denominational numeral with Rupee Symbol, ₹2000 in colour changing ink (green to blue) on bottom right 9. Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right. Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (2000) watermarks 10. Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side For visually impaired Intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, bleed lines and identity mark 11. Horizontal rectangle with ₹2000 in raised print on the right 12. Seven angular bleed lines on left and right side in raised print Reverse (Back) 13. Year of printing of the note on the left 14. Swachh Bharat logo with slogan 15. Language panel towards the centre 16. Motif of Mangalayan 17. Denominational numeral २००० in Devnagari Dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm × 166 mm Security feaures Rs 500 note: Obverse (Front) 1. See through register in denomination numeral 2. Latent image of the denomination numeral 3. Denomination numeral in Devnagari 4. Orientation of Mahatma Gandhi's portrait changed 5. Windowed security thread changes from green to blue when note is tilted 6. Guarantee clause, Governor's signature, RBI emblem shifted towards right 7. Portrait and electrotype watermarks 8. Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on top left and bottom right sides 9. Denomination in numerals with Rupee symbol in colour changing ink (green to blue) on bottom right 10. Ashoka pillar emblem on right For visually impaired: 11. Circle with Rs. 500 in raised print on the right 12. 5 bleed lines on left and right in raised print Reverse (Back) 13. Year of printing of the note on the left. 14. Swachh Bharat logo with slogan. 15. Language panel towards the centre. 16. Red fort an image of Indian heritage site with Indian flag. 17. Denominational numeral in Devnagari on right. The size is 63mm x 150mm, colour is stone grey with Red Fort and Mahatma Gandhi's image on each sides