Indian rupee

रुपया · In circulation in 2 countries and territories

ISO code: INR
Symbol: ₹
Minor unit: 100
Notes: 7
Issued by: Reserve Bank of India

Can old Indian rupee notes still be exchanged?

Yes: with no deadline. Reserve Bank of India will still exchange ₹2000 notes from withdrawn series. Despite being withdrawn from circulation, they remain legal tender, they have not been demonetised and have not lost their value. How to exchange them →

Notes and coins in circulation

Indian rupee: what each denomination is worth

₹5$0.05
₹10brown$0.10
₹20yellow$0.21
₹50blue$0.52
₹100lavenderATMtactile$1.04
₹200orangetactile$2.09
₹500stoneATMtactile$5.22
₹2,000magentawithdrawntactile$20.86

The Indian rupee’s largest current denomination is ₹500, worth about $5.22: the 24th least valuable top note among the 150 circulating currencies we have verified, where the median is $27.18.

ATM commonly dispensed by cash machineswithdrawn out of circulation but still exchangeable: hatched on the charttactile has a raised mark blind and low-vision holders can identify by touch

Bars are scaled to face value on a log scale, not to physical size. Colours are the issuer’s own. Converted at mid-market reference rates; what a counter pays is always less.

Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series

Notes	Colour	Size (mm)	Tactile mark
₹10	brown	123 × 63	not recorded
₹20	yellow	129 × 63	not recorded
₹50	blue	135 × 66	not recorded
₹100	lavender	142 × 66	4 angular bleed lines on the left and right edges; triangular identification mark with the microtext '₹100'
₹200	orange	146 × 66	4 angular bleed lines with 2 circles in between, on the left and right edges; identification mark in an 'H' shape with the microtext '₹200'
₹500	stone	150 × 66	5 angular bleed lines on the left and right edges; circular identification mark with the denomination in raised print

Mahatma Gandhi Series

Notes	Colour	Size (mm)	Tactile mark
₹5	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded
₹10	brown	123 × 63	not recorded
₹20	yellow	129 × 63	not recorded
₹50	blue	135 × 66	square identification mark, bottom left above the Ashoka Pillar emblem
₹100	lavender	142 × 66	triangular identification mark, bottom left above the Ashoka Pillar emblem

₹10: No raised identification mark; identified by size, which increases with denomination.
₹20: No raised identification mark; identified by size, which increases with denomination.
₹50: No raised identification mark; identified by size, which increases with denomination.

Withdrawn notes

Value	Series	Portrait	Withdrawn	Still exchangeable?
₹2000	Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series: withdrawn	not recorded	19 May 2023	yes, no deadline still legal tender

Getting cash

Indian cash machines usually dispense ₹500 and ₹100 notes. The ₹2000 note was withdrawn from circulation in 2023 and machines no longer issue it, though it remains legal tender. Note sizes increase with denomination, which is deliberate: it is how blind and low-vision holders tell them apart.

Telling a real note from a fake

Security features are designed to be checked by hand in a few seconds, tilt it, feel it, hold it to the light. These are the features Reserve Bank of India publishes for the Indian rupee.

₹100: Tactile: 4 angular bleed lines on the left and right edges; triangular identification mark with the microtext '₹100'
₹200: Tactile: 4 angular bleed lines with 2 circles in between, on the left and right edges; identification mark in an 'H' shape with the microtext '₹200'
₹500: Tactile: 5 angular bleed lines on the left and right edges; circular identification mark with the denomination in raised print
₹2,000: Tactile: 7 angular bleed lines on the left and right edges; horizontal rectangular identification mark with the denomination in raised print

The tactile marks matter beyond counterfeiting: they are how blind and low-vision holders identify a denomination by touch. Where a currency has none, size is usually the only cue.