RBI to issue new Rs 10 notes soon with high security features; old notes to remain valid

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today announced that it will soon issue new Rs 10 currency notes with enhanced security features, while clarifying that the old notes will still be valid.

"RBI will shortly issue Rs 10 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 with inset letter 'L' in both the number panels, bearing the signature of Dr. Urjit R. Patel, and the year of printing ‘2017’," RBI said in a release.

"The numerals in both the number panels of these banknotes are in the ascending size from left to right while the first three alpha-numeric characters (prefix) remain constant in size," RBI said.


"All the Banknotes in the denomination of Rs10 issued by the Bank in the past will continue to be legal tender," RBI clarified.