{"product_id":"india-p-93-p-99-p-106-500-rupees-2000-2016-vf-gandhi-dandi","title":"India P-93\/P-99\/P-106 500 Rupees 2000-2016 VF—Gandhi—Dandi","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree generations of the same iconic design — India's 500 Rupee note featuring Mahatma Gandhi and the Dandi March, issued from 2000 to 2016 and dramatically demonetized overnight on November 8, 2016. You will receive one note from this family; the exact variety (P-93, P-99, or P-106) will vary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFront\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\u003eMohandas Karamchand \"Mahatma\" Gandhi\u003c\/strong\u003e at right\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRBI coat of arms at bottom-right corner\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLion Capital of the Ashoka Column at lower right (now in Sarnath Museum)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDenomination \"500\" in colour-shifting ink (shifts between two shades of green and turquoise)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLatent image of \"500\" in grey space beside Gandhi's portrait — visible when tilted\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSecurity thread windowed into six sections; inscription \"RBI भारत\" repeated throughout when backlit; multicolour thread shifts between emerald green, turquoise, and blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n    \u003cul\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eP-93:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bimal_Jalan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBimal Jalan (BJ)\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Y._Venugopal_Reddy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eYaga Venugopal Reddy (YVR)\u003c\/a\u003e — Gov., Reserve Bank of India\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eP-99:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Y._Venugopal_Reddy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eYaga Venugopal Reddy (YVR)\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duvvuri_Subbarao\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDuvvuri Subbarao (DS)\u003c\/a\u003e — Gov., Reserve Bank of India\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eP-106:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duvvuri_Subbarao\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDuvvuri Subbarao (DS)\u003c\/a\u003e — Gov., Reserve Bank of India\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBack\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors (P-93):\u003c\/strong\u003e yellow and tan underprint; black and dark brown engraving — \u003cem\u003eno date printed on reverse\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors (P-99\/P-106):\u003c\/strong\u003e same palette with date printed at center bottom of reverse; P-106 adds the ₹ rupee symbol (adopted January 2012)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eScene of the \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 (excluding Hindi and English): Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOther Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\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 Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi; electrotype denomination 500 (P-99\/P-106)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cotton paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\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 (भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\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\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e Indian Rupee (decimalized, 1957–date)\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 — also called the Salt Satyagraha — was an act of \u003cstrong\u003ecivil disobedience\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGandhi himself — \u003cstrong\u003eMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948)\u003c\/strong\u003e — trained as a barrister in London, was thrown off a train in South Africa for sitting in a whites-only compartment, and returned to India to lead the largest nonviolent independence movement in history. He was assassinated on \u003cstrong\u003e30 January 1948\u003c\/strong\u003e, just months after India's independence. He never held political office. He appears on every Indian banknote.\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, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared on national television and announced that, effective midnight, all ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes were no longer legal tender. \u003cstrong\u003e86% of India's currency by value\u003c\/strong\u003e was invalidated in a single speech. Lines formed at banks stretching for blocks. ATMs ran dry. The move — intended to combat \u003cstrong\u003eblack money, counterfeiting, and tax evasion\u003c\/strong\u003e — caused enormous disruption and remains one of the most dramatic monetary events of the 21st century. These notes, once the backbone of everyday Indian commerce, became collector's items overnight.\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 Derived from the Indus River (Sanskrit: \u003cem\u003eSindhu\u003c\/em\u003e), via Persian \u003cem\u003eHindu\u003c\/em\u003e and Greek \u003cem\u003eIndos\u003c\/em\u003e; the name has been in use for over 2,500 years\n    \u003cul\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name of New Delhi:\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Delhi\" likely derives from the Hindi\/Prakrit word \u003cem\u003edhili\u003c\/em\u003e (loose), referring to the iron pillar of Qutb, or from Raja Dhilu (50 BC); \"New\" was added when the British built the planned capital in 1911\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \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); coastlines on the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial\/spoken languages:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hindi and English (official); 22 scheduled languages; hundreds of regional languages and dialects\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 (hosts 2023 presidency); BRICS; World Trade Organization; South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC, founding member)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mughal Empire (1526–1857); British East India Company rule (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 — over 960 million eligible voters cast ballots in the 2024 general election, the largest democratic exercise in human history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eZero was invented here.\u003c\/strong\u003e The concept of zero as a number was formalized by Indian mathematician \u003cstrong\u003eBrahmagupta\u003c\/strong\u003e in 628 AD — arguably the most consequential mathematical discovery ever made.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIndia has more languages than Europe.\u003c\/strong\u003e The 2011 census recorded 19,500 distinct mother tongues. The Indian constitution recognizes 22 official languages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Kumbh Mela is the largest human gathering on Earth\u003c\/strong\u003e — up to 50 million people in a single day. It is visible from space.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIndia's film industry produces more films than any other country\u003c\/strong\u003e — over 1,800 per year across multiple language industries, of which Bollywood (Hindi) is just one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYoga, chess, and the decimal number system\u003c\/strong\u003e all originated in India.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIndia became the fourth country to land on the Moon\u003c\/strong\u003e when Chandrayaan-3 touched down near the lunar south pole on 23 August 2023 — the first mission ever to land there.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDespite being the world's largest democracy, India has never had a female president elected by popular vote\u003c\/strong\u003e — though it has had a female Prime Minister (\u003cstrong\u003eIndira Gandhi\u003c\/strong\u003e, no relation to Mahatma, 1966–1977 and 1980–1984).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOwn this note and hold three eras of modern India in your hands — the Gandhi who walked to the sea, the rupee that survived independence, and the banknote that a prime minister killed with a single speech. A remarkable piece of monetary history from the world's most populous nation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52610245591351,"sku":"IN93-99-106VF","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/99o_d681a630-d703-41c5-b0b4-8456696b0192.jpg?v=1783282586","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/india-p-93-p-99-p-106-500-rupees-2000-2016-vf-gandhi-dandi","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}