Discover Intrigue facts about the Indian Bank Notes

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Discover Intrigue facts about the Indian Bank
Notes
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• The Ministry of Finance issued the "One rupee
  note", and it is the only note that bears the
  signature of the secretary.
• In the year 1938, The Reserve Bank of India had
  printed currency notes with a denomination of Rs
  5,000 and 10,000 but they were demonetized in
  1946 but were reintroduced in 1954. But the year
  1978 saw the last of these Indian Bank Notes as
  they were again demonetized.
• During the 18th century, private banks namely
  the Bank of Hindustan, Bank of Bengal and Bank of
  Madras were authorized to print currency notes.
  But after the paper currency act was passed in
  1861, the government of India had the monopoly to
  print notes.

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• The image of Mahatma Gandhi was not hand drawn,
  it was a copy of a photo. The smiling photo of
  Gandhiji was later printed on Indian Bank Notes.
• To celebrate Indias Mars mission, the new 2000
  notes have motifs of Mangalyaan on their reverse
  sides. Mangalyaan was the first satellite into
  orbit around Mars.
• D. Udaya Kumar designed the rupee symbol in
  2010. The symbol is a combination of Devnagiri
  and Latin script for letter RA.

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• 500 rupee notes and 1000 rupee notes were first
  introduced in 1987 and 2000.
• In our present times, the Reserve Bank of India
  issues Bank Notes of India in denominations from
  Rs 5 to Rs 2000.
• Other than Hindi and English, the currency
  appears in fifteen different languages on the
  reverse of the note.

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• The Indian currency have Braille signs to help
  the visually challenged to identify them.
•  After partition, Pakistan used Indian Rupee
  notes stamped with 'Pakistan'.
• If a Indian Bank Notes is torn more than 51
  percent, then it can be exchanged for a new note
  at a bank.
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