Indian 100-rupee note

One hundred rupees

(India)
Value	100
Width	157 mm
Height	73 mm
Security features	Secure thread, latent image, micro-lettering, intaglio print, fluorescent ink, optically variable ink, watermark, and see through register.[1]
Years of printing	June 1996 – present
Obverse
Design	Mahatma Gandhi
Design date	1996
Reverse
Design	Himalayas
Design date	1996

The Indian 100-rupee banknote (100) is a denomination of Indian currency. It has been in continuous production since Reserve Bank of India took over the functions of the controller of currency in India in 1923. The first 100-rupee notes featured the portrait of the king. After independence in 1947, Reserve Bank of India continued to issue the notes by replacing the portrait of the king with the Emblem of India, the Lion Capital of Sarnath.^[2]

In June 1996, after the motif redesign, Mahatma Gandhi series 100-rupee notes were introduced.

Present design

Security features

The security features of the 100-rupee banknote includes a windowed security thread that reads 'भारत' (Bharat in the Devanagari script) and 'RBI' alternately. It includes latent image of the value of the banknote on the vertical band next to the right hand side of Mahatma Gandhi's portrait. The white field contains a watermark of Mahatma Gandhi that is a mirror-image of the main portrait. In addition the number panel of the banknote is printed in fluorescent and optically variable ink and the paper contains embedded fluorescent fibers. Since 2005 additional security features like machine-readable security thread, electrotype watermark, and year of print appears on the bank note.

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