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A jewellery store in a shopping mall with a notice "We accept ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes", even after they were no longer valid banknotes. There were reports of people circumventing the restrictions imposed on exchange transactions by conducting multiple transactions at different bank branches, and by sending hired people, employees, and ...
The second ordinance, the High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Ordinance, 1946, demonetised bank notes of denominations ₹500 and above. While the exchanging of notes was initially allowed only until 9th February, 1946, it was extended multiple times. [2]: 5 By the end of 1947, out of a total of Rs. 143.97 crore of high denomination ...
The Indian 500-rupee banknote (₹500) is a denomination of the Indian rupee. In 1987, the ₹500 note was introduced, followed by the ₹1,000 note in 2000 while ₹1 and ₹2 notes were discontinued in 1995. The current ₹500 banknote, in circulation since 10 November 2016, is a part of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series.
The first banknotes issued in the New Series were the denominations of ₹ 500 and ₹ 2000, and are in circulation since 10 November 2016. While the ₹ 500 note is still being printed, the ₹ 2000 note was last issued date 2017. [1] [2] [3] The RBI announced on 18 August 2017 that it would soon issue a new ₹ 50 note. [4]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced the series in 1996 with ₹10 and ₹500 banknotes. As of 10 November 2016, the RBI issues banknotes in this series in denominations from ₹5 to ₹100. Printing of five-notes, which had stopped earlier, restarted in 2009.
Following recommendations from the OECD on curbing black money on 22–23 February 2014 and previous moves by the RBI, on the night of 8 November 2016 the Indian Government decided to ban old notes and change them with new 500 and 2000 rupee notes.
The RBI is authorised to issue notes with face values of up to ₹ 10,000 and coins up to ₹ 1,000 rupees. New ₹ 500 and ₹ 2,000 notes were issued on 8 November 2016. The old series of ₹ 1,000 and ₹ 500 notes were banned on 8 November 2016, and are no longer in use. Earlier ₹ 1,000 notes have been discarded by the RBI.
The old notes were replaced by new 500 and 2000 rupee notes. The Philippines has ceased 2 peso and 50 centavo coins of the Flora and Fauna Series in 2000, due to over minting of the coins of the BSP Series that has not included the 2 peso and 50 centavo coins of that series.