Indian 10-rupee note

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. Dimension of the banknote will be 123 mm × 63 mm.

• See through register with denominational numeral 10
• Denominational numeral १० in Devnagari
• Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre
• Micro letters 'RBI', 'भारत', 'INDIA' and '10'
• Windowed demetalised security thread with inscriptions ‘भारत’ and RBI
• Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right
• Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype 10 Watermark
• 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 left

Ten-rupee note issued by the Reserve Bank of India from 1937 to 1943.

Ten-rupee note issued by the Reserve Bank of India from 1937 to 1943.

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.[5]

The 10 rupee banknote of the Lion Capital Series in 1970, had the Ashoka pillar and the banknote denomination written in Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu on the obverse, and featured two peacocks and the banknote denomination written in English on the reverse.[6]

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 has the Braille feature to assist 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.[7] 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. Now further dead line was extended to 30 June 2016.[8]

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 notes will be printed in the Mahatma Gandhi 2005 series. The new note will have an inset letter ‘L’, on both number panels, along with the governor’s signature. 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.[9]

The security features of the ₹10 banknote includes:[10]

• A windowed security thread that reads 'भारत' (Bharat in the Devanagari script) and 'RBI' alternately.
• Watermark of Mahatma Gandhi that is a mirror image of the main portrait.
• The number panel of the banknote is printed in embedded fluorescent fibers and optically variable ink.
• Since 2005 additional security features like machine-readable security thread, electrotype watermark, and year of print appears on the bank note.