20 Rupees

Features

Issuer	India
Issuing bank	Reserve Bank of India (भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक)
Period	Republic (1950-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	2019-2025
Value	20 Rupees 20 INR = USD 0.21
Currency	Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	129 × 63 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 202624
References	TBB# 299 Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

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Series: New Mahatma Gandhi Series

Obverse

Black print on multicolour yellow and tan underprint, Mahatma Gandhi at centre, denominations written in both Hindi and Western numerals, Reserve Bank seal right next to the bottom of Gandhi, statue of three lions close to bottom-right corner.

Scripts: Devanagari, Latin

Lettering:
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक बीस रुपये RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
केन्द्रीय सरकार द्वारा निर्देशित थत
GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
मैं धारक को
बीस रुपये
अदा करने का
वचन देता हूँ।
राज्यपाल
I PROMISE TO
PAY THE BEARER
THE SUM OF
TWENTY RUPEES
महात्मा गांधी MAHATMA GANDHI

Translation:
Reserve Bank of India Twenty Rupees
Guaranteed by the Central Government
To the Holder
Twenty Rupees
To Pay
I Promise
Governor
Mahatma Gandhi

Reverse

Black print on multicolour yellow and tan overprint
A picture of the Ellora Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Gandhi's glasses below the watermark window.
Twenty Rupees – Multilingual Depiction on Currency Notes
(15 Indian Languages – excluding Hindi and English)
• Assamese: বিশ টকা
• Bengali: বিশ টাকা
• Gujarati: વીસ રૂપિયા
• Kannada: ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು ರೂಪಾಯಿ
• Kashmiri: بیس روپیہ
• Konkani: वीस रुपये
• Malayalam: ഇരുപത് രൂപ
• Marathi: वीस रुपये
• Nepali: बीस रुपैयाँ
• Oriya (Odia): କୁଡ଼ି ଟଙ୍କା
• Punjabi (Gurmukhi): ਵੀਹ ਰੁਪਏ
• Sanskrit: विंशति रूप्यकाणि
• Tamil: இருபது ரூபாய்
• Telugu: ఇరవై రూపాయలు
• Urdu: بیس روپیہ

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

Lettering:
₹20 TWENTY RUPEES ₹२०
बीस रुपये

বিছ টকা
কুড়ি টাকা
વીસ રૂપિયા
ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು ರುಪಾಯಿಗಳು
وُہ رۄپیہِ
वीस रुपया
ഇരുപത് രൂപ
वीस रुपये
बीस रुपियाँ
କୋଡ଼ିଏ ଟଙ୍କା
ਵੀਹ ਰੁਪਏ
विंशती रूप्यकाणि
இருபது ரூபாய்
ఇరవై రూపాయలు
بیس روپیے

एलोरा की गुफाएँ

स्वच्छ भारत ELLORA CAVES

एक कदम स्वच्छता की ओर
भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक

Translation:
Twenty Rupees
Clean India
One step towards cleanliness

Watermark

Mahatma Gandhi and electrotype denomination 20

Signatures

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:

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Security Thread:

Windowed into five sections on the obverse side, when seen under a backlight, the inscription of “RBI भारत” is repeated throughout.

Security Thread as Seen Under Normal Backlight

Micro Letters on Several Parts of the Note:

1. All the corner designs, both on the obverse & reverse sides, contain the micro letters “20 RBI”.

2. The temple of Mahatma Gandhi's spectacle contains the micro letters “20 RBI”.

3. Micro letters “भारत · INDIA” on the dress of Mahatma Gandhi.

4. Micro letters “RBI 20 INDIA” on the base of the pillar of Ellora Caves & “20 RBI” above the base design of the note on the reverse side.

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Date	Signatures	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2019	SD			$ 0.31	$ 0.31	$ 0.34	$ 0.99	No Plate Letter	28%
2019	SD				$ 0.27	$ 0.27	$ 0.89	Plate Letter L	8%
2019	SD							Plate letter L; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	0.18%
2019	SD						$ 0.60	Plate Letter R	8%
2019	SD							Plate letter R; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	0.06%
2020	SD		$ 0.23	$ 0.26	$ 0.28	$ 0.28	$ 0.29	No Plate Letter	13%
2020	SD							No Plate Letter; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	0.5%
2020	SD				$ 0.26	$ 0.27	$ 0.51	Plate Letter L	9%
2020	SD							Plate letter L; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	0.06%
2020	SD						$ 0.78	Plate letter M	2%
2020	SD			$ 0.65			$ 0.65	Plate Letter R	5%
2020	SD							Plate Letter R; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	0.8%
2021	SD						$ 0.51	No Plate Letter	2%
2021	SD	$ 0.23			$ 0.27	$ 0.27	$ 1.10	Plate letter A	9%
2021	SD			$ 0.27			$ 0.82	Plate Letter M	7%
2021	SD							Plate Letter M; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	0.12%
2021	SD						$ 0.29	Plate letter R	2%
2021	SD							Plate letter S	1.7%
2022	SD				$ 0.26	$ 0.46	$ 0.56	Plate letter A	11%
2022	SD							Plate letter A; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	0.12%
2022	SD						$ 0.92	Plate Letter M	6%
2022	SD							Plate letter M; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	0.12%
2022	SD						$ 0.53	Plate letter S	4%
2023	SD						$ 0.99	Plate letter A	5%
2023	SD						$ 0.51	Plate Letter M	1.6%
2023	SD						$ 0.70	Plate Letter N	3%
2023	SD						$ 0.51	Plate letter S	4%
2023	SD							Plate Letter S; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	0.18%
2024	SD						$ 0.46	Plate letter A	1.4%
2024	SD						$ 0.26	Plate letter B	1.3%
2024	SD						$ 1.20	Plate letter N	2%
2024	SD							Plate letter N; Replacement note; with ✻ between block and serial #	0.12%
2024	SD							Plate letter S	0.7%
2025	SM							No Plate Letter	0.8%
2025	SM							Plate Letter L	0.06%
2025	SM							Plate Letter R	0.06%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 139 Lot 86	5 Oct 2024	2020 SD – No Plate Letter	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 139 Lot 87	5 Oct 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold The lot includes several items.
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