HOW TO SPOT A FAKE CURRENCY NOTE

Real notes have features such as watermarks, raised printing and colour-changing ink. Here are 10 features you can check for:

A big ‘2000’ watermark is visible when held against light When held against light, you can see a 2K watermark and a circle around it A watermark of RBI on portrait of Mahatma Gandhi When held at a 45degree angle to the eye, you can see the lines form an image of ~2,000 RBI, Bharat and 2000 on the security thread, which changes colour when the note is tilted For the visually impaired, seven angular lines on left and right side in raised print

Recently, a State Bank of India (SBI) ATM in Delhi allegedly dispensed fake ~2,000 notes. While the police are investigating the source, SBI says it has a system to monitor the quality of notes and “the possibility of fake notes from the bank’s ATMs is very remote”. The fake note in this case was easy to recognise with ‘Children’s Bank of India’ printed on it. But, it’s not always easy to recognise counterfeit notes. Here are 10 features you can use to check

Watermarks of Mahatma Gandhi and 2000 next to each other when seen against light ~2,000 printed in colour changing ink (green to blue) The shape of the Ashoka Pillar can be felt with fingers

Numerals grow from small to big on top left and bottom right