This is the Rs 200 note. Here is how you can identify the new currency

The new note of Rs 200 notes which is in bright yellow colour would be in circulation from September

News Desk
Aug 24, 2017

A day after finance ministry notified that Rs 200 currency notes would soon be in circulation, the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) on Thursday announced that the new currency notes will enter the banking system from August 25, 2017. Reportedly, the new note of Rs 200 notes which is in bright yellow colour would be in circulation from September.

Here is how you can identify the Rs 200 currency note:

Obverse (Front)

It has a see-through register with 200 in numeric written on it
It has a latent image with Rs 200 written on it
The denominational numeral २०० is written in Devnagari script
It has a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at its centre
The note features the words ‘RBI’, ‘भारत’, ‘India’ and ‘200’ in micro letters
The windowed security thread on the note has the inscriptions ‘भारत’ and RBI. The colour of this thread changes from green to blue when the note is tilted
It has a guarantee clause, Governor’s signature with a promise clause. The RBI emblem is towards the right of the Mahatma Gandhi portrait
On the bottom right, Rs 200 is written on the note with a Rupee Symbol (₹ 200) in colour changing ink (green to blue)
There is an Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right side of the currency note
It has Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (200) watermarks
The number panel on the top left side and bottom right side of the note has numerals growing from small to big

New 200 note

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For visually impaired
The note has Intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, raised Identification Mark H with micro-text ₹ 200. It also has four angular bleed lines with two circles in between the lines both on the right and left sides

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