ORIGINAL STILL UNMATCHED

FULLY REPLICATED FRONT

1 See-through register where 2000 can be seen when the note is held against light

3 Devanagari denomination

4 Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi

7 Guarantee clause, governor’s signature and the RBI emblem on the right

9 Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on top left and bottom right sides

11 Ashoka Pillar emblem

BACK

14 Year of issuance (2016)

15 Swachh Bharat logo

16 16 languages

17 Motif of Mangalyaan

PARTIALLY REPLICATED FRONT

2 Latent image of 2000 that can be seen when the note is tilted. Forged notes seem to have a punched impression of 2000

6 Colour shift security thread with RBI, 2000 and Bharat; in fake notes the colour of the security thread doesn’t change and thread windows are of poor quality

8 Watermark of Mahatma Gandhi and electrotype 2000 numeral is not of good quality

10 Denominational numeral with the rupee symbol, 2000, but not in colour changing ink; counterfeiters use glossy ink that doesn’t change colour

NOT REPLICATED FRONT

5 Micro letters of RBI and 2000 but they can be seen only through a mint machine, therefore counterfeiters have not tried to copy them

12 Rectangle with 2000 on the right but not in raised print like in genuine currency for the visually impaired

13 Seven angular bleed lines are also on counterfeit notes but not in raised print, a feature given again for the benefit of visually impaired users