100 Rupees IND Banknote (Mahatma Gandhi Series (1996–2016)) 1990-1996

100 Rupees Rupee (Issued 1990-1996)

A windowed security thread is embedded vertically within the paper of this Reserve Bank of India issue, running as a dark metallic strip that was among the more advanced anti-counterfeiting measures deployed on Indian currency during the early 1990s. The note also incorporates a watermark visible when held to the light, consistent with the security paper standards of the period. Intaglio printing gives certain elements a raised tactile quality, particularly the denomination numerals and the issuing authority text, which were designed to be felt as well as seen. These features collectively reflect the Reserve Bank of India’s commitment to protecting the integrity of high-denomination currency in circulation during this era.

On the front, the design is dominated by the Ashoka Pillar emblem at the right-hand side, rendered in fine intaglio engraving and depicting the four lions atop the capital with the Dharma Chakra wheel visible at the base, accompanied by the motto text in Devanagari script below it. The note does not carry the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi on this earlier pre-1996 design; instead the central field is occupied by a large bold numeral “100” printed in dark ink, flanked to its left by the promise text reading “I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED RUPEES” in English. To the upper left, the denomination “100” appears again in the corner, while the header reads “RESERVE BANK OF INDIA” and below it “GUARANTEED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT” in clear serif typography. The issuing authority name appears again in Devanagari script in a second band across the upper portion of the note. A serial number, 9AT 316468, is printed twice — once in the upper right area and once along the lower left — in red ink. Two facsimile signatures appear towards the lower centre, one above the designation “GOVERNOR” in English and a second with its designation in Devanagari script beside it. The left-hand side of the note carries a vertical panel of dense Devanagari script text listing the denomination value in multiple Indian languages as required by Reserve Bank regulations. The overall colour palette of the front is a pale green and blue-grey wash, overlaid with intricate guilloché rosette patterns in the central background providing depth and anti-reproduction texture. A decorative floral and geometric border frames the composition on all sides.

The reverse presents a richly detailed intaglio scene illustrating Indian agricultural and industrial progress, rendered primarily in shades of purple, mauve and grey-green. At the centre and left of the composition, a tall oil drilling or industrial tower rises above a pastoral landscape, representing industrial development. Surrounding it is an elaborate scene of agricultural activity: sheaves of grain and tall crops occupy the foreground, while a mechanical harvester or combine machine is visible to the right being operated across a field, and a ploughing scene with oxen or cattle pulling equipment appears to the left. The combined imagery evokes both mechanised modern farming and traditional rural labour. Above the central scene, the issuing authority name is printed in Devanagari script across the top of the note, and to the upper right the denomination appears again in Devanagari script. The denomination numeral “100” appears in the lower left corner, and the text “ONE HUNDRED RUPEES” is printed in English along the lower edge in clear serif lettering. A decorative floral scroll border in a contrasting lighter tone runs along the left margin, and a further decorative column motif appears on the right margin. The background paper shows a light multicolour tint print in pale greens and lilacs that supports the main engraved imagery.

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