50 Rupees

Features

Issuer	India
Issuing bank	Reserve Bank of India (भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक)
Period	Republic (1950-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	2017-2025
Value	50 Rupees 50 INR = USD 0.52
Currency	Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	135 × 66 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 202325
References	TBB# 300 Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes). , P# 111 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Series: New Mahatma Gandhi Series

Obverse

Black print on multicolour teal and cyan overprint, Mahatma Gandhi at centre, denomination written in both Hindi and Western numerals, Reserve Bank seal right next to the bottom of Gandhi, Ashoka pillar on the right. Non metallic windowed security thread with RBI & भारत (India) on the strip.

Scripts: Devanagari, Latin

Lettering:
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक
GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
केन्द्रीय सरकार द्वारा प्रत्याभूत
I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER THE SUM OF FIFTY RUPEES
मैं धारक को पचास रुपये अदा करने का वचन देता हूँ ।
MAHATMA GANDHI
महात्मा गांधी
₹५० ₹50

Reverse

Black print on multicolour teal and cyan overprint
Stone chariot at Vitthala Temple Complex (14th century) in Hampi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Gandhi's glasses below the watermark window.
Fifty Rupees – Multilingual Depiction on Currency Note
(15 Indian Languages – excluding Hindi and English)
• Assamese: পঞ্চাশ টকা
• Bengali: পঞ্চাশ টাকা
• Gujarati: પચાસ રૂપિયા
• Kannada: ಐವತ್ತು ರೂಪಾಯಿ
• Kashmiri: پچاس روپیہ
• Konkani: पन्नास रुपये
• Malayalam: അമ്പത് രൂപ
• Marathi: पन्नास रुपये
• Nepali: पचास रुपैयाँ
• Oriya (Odia): ପଚାଶ ଟଙ୍କା
• Punjabi (Gurmukhi): ਪੰਜਾਹ ਰੁਪਏ
• Sanskrit: पञ्चाशत् रूप्यकाणि
• Tamil: ஐம்பது ரூபாய்
• Telugu: యాభై రూపాయలు
• Urdu: پچاس روپیہ

Scripts: Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Latin, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu

Lettering:
₹50 RESERVE BANK OF INDIA ₹५०
FIFTY RUPEES

পঞ্চাশ টকা
পঞ্চাশ টাকা
પચાસ રૂપિયા
ಐವತ್ತು ರುಪಾಯಿಗಳು
پَنٛژاہ رۄپیہِ
पन्नास रुपया
അൻപതു രൂപ
पन्नास रुपये
पचास रुपियाँ
ପଚାଶ ଟଙ୍କା
ਪੰਜਾਹ ਰੁਪਏ
पञ्चाशत् रूप्यकाणि
ஐம்பது ரூபாய்
యాభై రూపాయలు
پچاس روپیے

हम्पी HAMPI

पचास रुपये
स्वच्छ भारत
एक कदम स्वच्छता की ओर

Watermark

Mahatma Gandhi and electrotype denomination

Signatures

Urjit Patel (UP)	Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Shaktikanta Das (SD)	Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Sanjay Malhotra (SM)	Governor

Printer

Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India, India (2006-date)

Comments

If present, Plate Letter appears behind serial numbers. Date appears on reverse, at upper left.

UV activity:

© gyoschak

When the note is placed under a backlight, the non metallic windowed security thread inscription RBI & भारत (India) on the strip can be seen:

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Date	Signatures	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
2017	UP						$ 1.40	P# 111a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	no plate letter	19%
2017	UP							P# 111a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	no plate letter; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	0.4%
2017	UP						$ 1.60	P# 111b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	plate letter L	6%
2017	UP						$ 0.72	P# 111b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	plate letter L; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	2%
2017	UP						$ 1.30	P# 111c Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	plate letter R	5%
2017	UP							P# 111c Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	plate letter R; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	2%
2018	UP	$ 0.68	$ 0.68	$ 0.68	$ 0.73	$ 0.73	$ 1.00	P# 111d Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	no plate letter	14%
2018	UP							P# 111d Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	no plate letter, prefix 0EV with * between prefix and Serial number	0.9%
2018	UP							P# 111d Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	no plate letter, prefix 9DU with * between prefix and Serial number	0.7%
2018	UP	$ 0.49	$ 0.49	$ 0.65	$ 0.81	$ 0.81	$ 0.99	P# 111e Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	plate letter L	11%
2018	UP						$ 1.40	P# 111e Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	plate letter L; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	1.3%
2018	UP		$ 1.60	$ 1.60	$ 1.60	$ 1.60	$ 1.60	P# 111f Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	plate letter R	6%
2019	SD				$ 0.66	$ 0.72	$ 0.74		no plate letter	8%
2019	SD				$ 0.64	$ 1.10	$ 1.30		plate letter L	6%
2019	SD						$ 0.73		plate letter R	4%
2020	SD						$ 0.73		no plate letter	4%
2020	SD						$ 1.40		plate letter L	1.4%
2020	SD						$ 0.65		plate letter R	1.5%
2021	SD						$ 0.77		no plate letter	5%
2021	SD						$ 0.99		plate letter L	3%
2021	SD								plate letter L; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	0.3%
2021	SD						$ 0.97		plate Letter R	2%
2022	SD				$ 0.81	$ 0.84	$ 1.00		no plate letter	9%
2022	SD						$ 1.30		plate letter L	4%
2022	SD								plate letter R	2%
2022	SD								plate letter R; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	0.20%
2023	SD						$ 0.99		no plate letter	4%
2023	SD						$ 1.00		plate letter L	5%
2023	SD						$ 0.88		plate letter R	2%
2023	SD								plate letter R; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	0.13%
2024	SD				$ 1.30	$ 1.80	$ 2.30		no plate letter	3%
2024	SD						$ 0.63		plate letter L	0.7%
2024	SD						$ 0.58		plate letter M	2%
2024	SD						$ 0.57		plate letter R	2.0%
2025	SM						$ 0.70		no plate letter	3%
2025	SM								Plate letter L	0.3%
2025	SM								Plate letter R	0%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 139 Lot 88	5 Oct 2024	2024 SD – no plate letter	UNC	USD 6.96 (EUR 6.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 139 Lot 89	5 Oct 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold The lot includes several items.
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