20 Months, 6 New Banknotes: An Overview to the new face of Indian Currencies

Since the unexpected move of demonetization in 2016, the Reserve Bank of India has presented numerous new banknotes. On 19th July 2018, a new Rupees 100 banknote was added to the family of new face of Indian currencies i.e. Rupees 2000, 500, 200, 50 and 10. Here is an overview to these banknotes:

Denomination	Base Color	Dimensions	Motif on Reverse
Rs 2000	Magenta	66mm x 166mm	Mangalayan
Rs 500	Stone Grey	66mm x 150mm	Red Fort
Rs 200	Bright Yellow	66mm x 146mm	Sanchi Stupa
Rs 100	Lavender	66mm x 142mm	Rani ki Vav
Rs 50	Fluorescent Blue	66mm x 135mm	Hampi with Chariot
Rs 10	Chocolate Brown	63mm x 123mm	Sun Temple, Konark

Motifs on Rupees 500, 200, 100, 50 and 10 are world heritage sites declared by UNESCO whereas Rupees 2000 depicts Mangalayan, the country’s first venture into the interplanetary space.

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Now its worth waiting whether a new Rupees 20 banknote will be added to the shades of the Indian currencies..!

{Update} April 26 2019

Rs 20

Greenish – Yellow

63mm x 129mm

Ellora Caves

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