{"product_id":"india-high-value-pair-500-1000-rupees-2-pcs-set-vf-very-fine","title":"India 2 pc Set 500 1000 Rupees 2000-2016 VF—Demonetized","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the night of \u003cstrong\u003e8 November 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared on national television and announced that, effective midnight, India's ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes were no longer legal tender. \u003cstrong\u003e86% of India's currency by value\u003c\/strong\u003e was invalidated in a single speech. This set contains both notes — the complete pair that was killed that night. Together they tell the full story of modern India's most dramatic monetary event.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's in the Set\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eP-93\/P-99\/P-106 — 500 Rupees 2000–2016 VF\u003c\/strong\u003e — Gandhi \u0026amp; Dandi March reverse; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDemonetized\u003c\/a\u003e 2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eP-94\/P-100\/P-107 — 1000 Rupees 2000–2016 VF\u003c\/strong\u003e — Gandhi; economic progress reverse; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDemonetized\u003c\/a\u003e 2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEach note may be any variety within its respective Pick range. Both are Very Fine grade, genuine circulated notes pulled before the demonetization deadline.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e500 Rupees — P-93\/P-99\/P-106\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors:\u003c\/strong\u003e yellow, pale orange, and tan underprint; black, dark grey, and dark brown engraving; red serial numbers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePortrait of \u003cstrong\u003eMahatma Gandhi\u003c\/strong\u003e at right; RBI coat of arms at bottom-right; Lion Capital of the Ashoka Column at lower right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReverse: \u003cstrong\u003eDandi March of 1930\u003c\/strong\u003e — Gandhi and followers in peaceful protest against the British salt monopoly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDenomination panel in 15 Indian languages on reverse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e you may receive any variety:\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eP-93 (2000–2004) — No date on reverse, no ₹ symbol\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-99 (2005–2012) — Date on reverse, no ₹ symbol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-106 (2012–2016) — Date on reverse, with ₹ symbol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog numbers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pick P-93 \/ P-99 \/ P-106; Numista N#202282 \/ N#202275\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mahatma Gandhi portrait; electrotype 500\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cotton paper | \u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 167 × 73 mm (P-93) \/ 165 × 77 mm (P-99\/P-106)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reserve Bank of India | \u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDemonetized\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 November 2016 (P-99\/P-106); 31 December 2016 (P-93)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eP-93: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bimal_Jalan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBimal Jalan (BJ)\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Y._Venugopal_Reddy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eYaga Venugopal Reddy (YVR)\u003c\/a\u003e — Gov., RBI\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eP-99: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Y._Venugopal_Reddy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eYVR\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duvvuri_Subbarao\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDuvvuri Subbarao (DS)\u003c\/a\u003e — Gov., RBI\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eP-106: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duvvuri_Subbarao\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e — Gov., RBI\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e1000 Rupees — P-94\/P-100\/P-107\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors:\u003c\/strong\u003e pale orange, grey, and tan underprint; black, dark grey, and maroon engraving; red and black serial numbers (P-107)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePortrait of \u003cstrong\u003eMahatma Gandhi\u003c\/strong\u003e at right; RBI coat of arms; Lion Capital of the Ashoka Column (P-100\/P-107)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReverse: symbolic representation of India's economic ambitions — \u003cstrong\u003ewheat, computer, satellite, factory, oil rig\u003c\/strong\u003e (P-100\/P-107); multilingual denomination panel (P-94)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDenomination \"1000\" in colour-shifting ink; latent image; windowed security thread — P-107\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e you may receive any variety:\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eP-94 (2000–2002) — No date on reverse, no ₹ symbol\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-100 (2005–2012) — Date on reverse, no ₹ symbol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-107 (2011–2016) — Date on reverse, with ₹ symbol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog numbers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pick P-94 \/ P-100 \/ P-107; TBB B297 (P-107); Numista N#213473 \/ N#228557 \/ N#202272\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mahatma Gandhi portrait; electrotype 1000; \"RBI\" vertical; \"1K\" in circle (P-107)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cotton paper | \u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 177 × 73 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reserve Bank of India | \u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDemonetized\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 November 2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eP-94: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bimal_Jalan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBimal Jalan (BJ)\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Y._Venugopal_Reddy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eYVR\u003c\/a\u003e — Gov., RBI\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eP-100: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Y._Venugopal_Reddy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eYVR\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duvvuri_Subbarao\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e — Gov., RBI\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eP-107: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duvvuri_Subbarao\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raghuram_Rajan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRaghuram G. Rajan (RGR)\u003c\/a\u003e — Gov., RBI\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe March That Shook an Empire\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn \u003cstrong\u003e12 March 1930\u003c\/strong\u003e, a \u003cstrong\u003e61-year-old lawyer-turned-saint\u003c\/strong\u003e walked out of his ashram in Sabarmati with 78 followers and began a \u003cstrong\u003e240-mile journey to the sea\u003c\/strong\u003e. His goal: to pick up a handful of salt and break British law. The \u003cstrong\u003eDandi March\u003c\/strong\u003e was an act of civil disobedience so simple and so powerful that it electrified the world. By the time Gandhi reached the coast on \u003cstrong\u003e6 April 1930\u003c\/strong\u003e, tens of thousands had joined. The British arrested over \u003cstrong\u003e60,000 people\u003c\/strong\u003e. It was the beginning of the end of the Raj. That march is frozen on the reverse of the 500 Rupee note you hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Night India's Money Died\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt \u003cstrong\u003e8:15 PM on 8 November 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e, Modi's announcement sent shockwaves through a country where \u003cstrong\u003e90% of transactions were conducted in cash\u003c\/strong\u003e. Lines formed at banks stretching for blocks. ATMs ran dry within hours. Families scrambled to exchange notes before the deadline. The 1000 Rupee note — India's highest denomination — was never reissued. The 500 Rupee was redesigned and returned. But these originals, the notes that circulated through bazaars and rickshaws and tea stalls for up to 16 years, are gone from commerce forever. This pair is what demonetization looked like in your hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout India\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name:\u003c\/strong\u003e From the Indus River (Sanskrit: \u003cem\u003eSindhu\u003c\/em\u003e), via Persian \u003cem\u003eHindu\u003c\/em\u003e and Greek \u003cem\u003eIndos\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name of New Delhi:\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Delhi\" likely from Hindi \u003cem\u003edhili\u003c\/em\u003e (loose) or Raja Dhilu (50 BC); \"New\" added when the British built the planned capital in 1911\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapital:\u003c\/strong\u003e New Delhi — city pop. ~250,000; metro pop. ~33 million (NCT of Delhi)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~1.44 billion (UN 2024) — roughly 4× the United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3,287,263 km² (1,269,219 mi²) — slightly larger than Argentina; about one-third the size of the United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGDP per capita (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePPP\u003c\/a\u003e):\u003c\/strong\u003e ~$10,100 (IMF 2024)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/strong\u003e petroleum products, gems and jewelry, pharmaceuticals, machinery, textiles, rice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBorders:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pakistan (west), China and Nepal (north), Bhutan (northeast), Bangladesh and Myanmar (east)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEthnicities:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Aryan_peoples\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIndo-Aryan\u003c\/a\u003e (~72%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dravidian_peoples\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDravidian\u003c\/a\u003e (~25%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austroasiatic_peoples\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAustroasiatic\u003c\/a\u003e and others (~3%)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMemberships:\u003c\/strong\u003e United Nations (founding member, 1945); Commonwealth of Nations (1947); Non-Aligned Movement (founding member, 1961); G20; BRICS; WTO; SAARC (founding member)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mughal Empire (1526–1857); British East India Company (1757–1858); British Raj (1858–1947); Independence: 15 August 1947; Republic: 26 January 1950\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIndia Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIndia has the world's largest democracy\u003c\/strong\u003e — 960 million+ voters in the 2024 general election.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eZero was invented here\u003c\/strong\u003e — formalized by Brahmagupta in 628 AD.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Kumbh Mela\u003c\/strong\u003e is the largest human gathering on Earth — up to 50 million people in a single day, visible from space.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIndia became the fourth country to land on the Moon\u003c\/strong\u003e — Chandrayaan-3, lunar south pole, 23 August 2023.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe 1000 Rupee note was never replaced\u003c\/strong\u003e — the denomination was quietly retired after demonetization. This is the end of a lineage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGandhi appears on every Indian banknote\u003c\/strong\u003e — a man who held no political office, owned almost nothing, and changed the world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOwn the pair that India killed — the two notes that represented 86% of the country's cash, struck down overnight by a prime minister's speech. The 500 Rupee carries the march that ended an empire. The 1000 Rupee carries the ambitions of a rising one. Together, they are one of the most collectible pairs in modern world numismatics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52611029008695,"sku":"IN-SET-2PC-HIVAL","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/Screenshot_2026-07-05_at_18.38.01.png?v=1783302020","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/india-high-value-pair-500-1000-rupees-2-pcs-set-vf-very-fine","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}