Mumbai: The Reserve Bank will soon bring into
circulation new Rs 10 denomination banknotes in chocolate
brown color, which will have India's cultural heritage Konark
Sun Temple as a motif on the reverse side.
The central bank will shortly issue Rs 10 denomination
banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (new) series, bearing
signature of Urjit R Patel, Governor, RBI, it said in a
release.
The base colour of the note is chocolate brown, it said.
"The new denomination has motif of Sun Temple, Konark on
the reverse, depicting the country's cultural heritage," RBI
said.
Among the salient features of the banknotes, on the
obverse (front) the note will bear portrait of Mahatma Gandhi
at the centre, the Ahshoka Pillar emblem on the right,
watermarks and number panel with numerals growing from small
to big on the top left side and bottom right side.
On the reverse (back), it will carry the year of printing
on the left, a Swachh Bharat logo with slogan, language panel,
motif of Sun Temple and denominational numeral 10 in Hindi
script Devnagari.
Dimension of the banknote will be 63 mm by 123 mm.
"All the banknotes in the denomination of Rs 10 issued by
the Reserve Bank in the earlier series will continue to be
legal tender," it said.
PTI
