Editor’s Note
This article outlines key security features of India’s genuine 500 rupee note, based on central bank specifications. Always verify currency with official sources.
According to information provided by the central bank, the genuine 500 rupee note measures 63 mm * 150 mm. Its color is stone gray. Furthermore, the note’s design incorporates a geometric pattern. The note features a picture of Mahatma Gandhi in the center on the front and depicts the Red Fort on the back. It is noteworthy that the tricolor flag shown on the Red Fort on the back of the note is in its true colors.
The value is indicated on the 500 rupee note in both Devanagari and English.
You will find this on both the front and back of the note. The number 500 is also mentioned in very small digits as a pattern on the note.
On the 500 rupee note, there is a panel on the left side and the bottom right side with ascending numerals from small to large. The note features the RBI’s promise clause along with the Governor’s signature, and on the right side, there is a picture of Mahatma Gandhi and an electrotype watermark of the value 500. You can also easily distinguish between real and fake notes by the changing color of the security thread on the note.
