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Old 500 rupee note – The watermark appears to the right of the

Mahatma’s portrait.

New 500 rupee note - The watermark appears to the left of the

Mahatma’s portrait.

3. Latent Image-

It is a security feature based on the optical effect under light produced

by a special arrangement of lines printed in the intaglio technique.

The picture is visible only when the note is held at eye level against the

source of light.

Comparison :

Old 500 rupee note – latent image on the vertical band next to the right-

hand side of Mahatma Gandhi`s portrait.

New 500 rupee note – latent image on the horizontal band on the right

side of Mahatma Gandhi’s portrait.

4. Identification Mark-

To help the visually impaired a special feature in intaglio has been in-

troduced on the left of the watermark window on all notes.

This feature is in different shapes for various denominations. For Rs.

500 it is a Circle.

Comparison:

Old 500 rupee note – I.M is present above the Ashok emblem situated

on the bottom left corner of the note.

New 500 rupee note – I.M is present above the Ashok emblem situated

on the bottom right corner of the note.

5. See-through Register-

This feature will show up numbers when the note is held against the

light.

Comparison:

Old 500 rupee note - The small floral design printed both on the front

and back of the note in the middle of the vertical band next to the wa-

termark has an accurate back to back registration.

New 500 rupee note – See-through register with denominational num-

ber 500 is present on the extreme left side of the 500 rupees.