India 500 Rupees Banknote, 2016, P-106y, UNC, Plate Letter R

This uncirculated 500 Indian rupee banknote is a standard circulation banknote issued by the Reserve Bank of India in 2016 as part of plate letter R. It is a brown, yellow, green, and purple banknote that is dated 2016, bears the signature of Raghuram G. Rajan, and measures 168 mm x 73 mm. Its obverse side shows the lion capital of Ashoka pillar, the RBI seal, and a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Its reverse side depicts a language panel and the statue of Mahatma Gandhi leading the nation by Gyarah Murti. Security features include a 3-mm wide green-to-blue windowed security thread with a demetalized RBI in English and Hindi text, a denomination registration device, and a watermark of Mahatma Gandhi with a vertical electrotype 500. The banknote was demonetized in 2016.