blue was the base colour of 2000 rupee note released in 2016.
base colour of 2000 rupee note released in 2016?
blue
on 8 november 2016, the reserve bank of india (rbi) announced the issuance of new 500 and 2,000 banknotes in new series. the new 2,000 banknote has a magenta base colour, with a portrait of mahatma gandhi as well as the ashoka pillar emblem on the front. the denomination also has a motif of the mars orbiter mission (mom) on the back, depicting the country's first venture into interplanetary space. the new 500 banknote has a stone grey base colour with an image of the red fort along with the indian flag printed on the back. both the banknotes also have the swachh bharat abhiyan logo printed on the back. the banknote denominations of 200, 100 and 50 have also been introduced in the new mahatma gandhi new series intended to replace all banknotes of the previous mahatma gandhi series. on 13 june 2017, rbi introduced new 50 notes, but the old ones continue being legal tender. the design is similar to the current notes in the mahatma gandhi (new) series, except they will come with an inset 'a'.
indian rupee
the government of ceylon introduced its first rupee banknote issue in 1885. a five rupee note (1885–1925) was followed by a 10 rupee (1894–1926) and 1,000 rupee note (1899 and 1915). a second issue included the one rupee (1917–1939), two rupee (1917–1921), 50 rupee (1914) and 100 rupee (1919) notes. during the 1920s (and in some cases the 1930s) the one rupee (mentioned above), two rupee (1925–39), two types of five rupee (1925–28 and 1929–39), two types of 10 rupee (1927–28 and 1929–39), 50 rupee (1922–39), 100 rupee (1926–39), 500 rupee (1926), and 1,000 rupee (1929) notes were all in circulation.
sri lankan rupee