The Indian 10-rupee banknote (₹10) is a common denomination of the Indian rupee. The ₹10 note was one of the first notes introduced by the Reserve Bank of India as a part of the Mahatma Gandhi Series in 1996. These notes are presently in circulation along with the Mahatma Gandhi New Series which were introduced in January 2018, this is used alongside the 10 rupee coin.
The 10-rupee banknote has been issued and had been in circulation since colonial times, and in continuous production since Reserve Bank of India took over the functions of the controller of currency in India in 1923.[2]
Mahatma Gandhi New Series
On 5 January 2018, the Reserve Bank of India announced, a new redesigned ₹10 banknote.[3]
Design
The Reserve Bank of India issued ₹10 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series with motif of Sun Temple, Konark on the reverse, depicting the country's cultural heritage. The base colour of the note is Chocolate brown. Dimensions of the banknote are 123 mm × 63 mm.
Security features
The security features seen on the new Mahatma Gandhi series 10 rupee note are:
See through register with denominational numeral 10
Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side]
Year of printing of the note on the back
History
Indian ten rupee old note
George VI Series
The 10 rupee banknote of the George VI Series in 1937, had the portrait of George VI on the obverse and featured two elephants with the banknote denomination written in Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Burmese, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Gujarati on the reverse.[4]
The ₹10 banknote of the Mahatma Gandhi Series is 137 × 63 mm Orange-violet coloured, with the obverse side featuring a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi with a signature of the governor of Reserve Bank of India. It does not have the Braille feature that assists the visually challenged in identifying the currency. The reverse side features a motif of a Rhinoceros, an elephant and a tiger, all together as Fauna of India.
As of 2011, the new ₹ sign has been incorporated into banknote of ₹10.[6] In January 2014 RBI announced that it would be withdrawing from circulation all banknotes printed prior to 2005 by 31 March 2014. The deadline was later extended to 1 January 2015, then further to 30 June 2016.[7]
As per an announcement made by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in March 2017, a new version of the Indian 10 Rupee note will be issued soon, with better security features. The year of printing will be on the reverse note side. The numerals printed inside both note panels will be in ascending size, from left side to right side.[8]
Security features
The security features of the ₹10 banknote includes:[9]
A windowed security thread that reads 'भारत' (Bharata in the Devanagari script) and 'RBI' alternately.