{"product_id":"india-p-94-p100-p107-1000-rupees-2000-2016-vf-gandhi","title":"India P-94\/P-100\/P-107 1000 Rupees 2000-2016 VF—Gandhi","description":"\u003cp\u003eIndia's highest-denomination note before the 2016 demonetization — the 1000 Rupee bill featuring Mahatma Gandhi, issued across three distinct generations from 2000 to 2016. On the night of November 8, 2016, every one of these notes became worthless paper by government decree. You will receive one note from this family; the exact variety (P-94, P-100, or P-107) will vary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFront\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); red serial numbers (P-94\/P-100)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePortrait of \u003cstrong\u003eMahatma Gandhi\u003c\/strong\u003e at right\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRBI coat of arms at bottom-right corner (P-100\/P-107)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLion Capital of the Ashoka Column at lower right (now in Sarnath Museum) — P-100\/P-107\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDenomination \"1000\" in colour-shifting ink (shifts between two shades of green and turquoise) — P-107\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLatent image of \"1000\" in maroon space beside Gandhi's portrait — visible when tilted — P-107\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 — P-107\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNew Rupee Symbol \"₹\" preceding denomination numerals — P-107 only (from January 2012)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n    \u003cul\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eP-94:\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-100:\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-107:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duvvuri_Subbarao\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDuvvuri Subbarao (DS)\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raghuram_Rajan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRaghuram G. Rajan (RGR)\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-94):\u003c\/strong\u003e no date on reverse; simpler design with multilingual denomination panel only\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors (P-100\/P-107):\u003c\/strong\u003e dark brown on multishade orange, grey, and tan underprint; date printed at center bottom of reverse\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSymbolic representation of India's economic ambitions: \u003cstrong\u003ewheat plants\u003c\/strong\u003e (agriculture), a person at a \u003cstrong\u003ecomputer\u003c\/strong\u003e (IT), a \u003cstrong\u003esatellite\u003c\/strong\u003e (space exploration), a \u003cstrong\u003efactory\u003c\/strong\u003e (metallurgy\/manufacturing), and an \u003cstrong\u003eoil rig at sea\u003c\/strong\u003e (petroleum)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNew Rupee Symbol \"₹\" preceding denomination numerals — P-107 only\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  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi; electrotype denomination 1000; abbreviation \"RBI\" in vertical format; \"1K\" inside a circle and large numeral 1000 (P-107)\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-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\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\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 (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\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\u003eIndia's Vision on a Banknote\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse of the 1000 Rupee note tells a story that the Dandi March note does not: the story of \u003cstrong\u003emodern India's ambitions\u003c\/strong\u003e. Where the 500 Rupee looked backward to Gandhi's moral courage, the 1000 Rupee looked forward — to \u003cstrong\u003egreen fields fed by irrigation\u003c\/strong\u003e, to \u003cstrong\u003esatellites launched from Sriharikota\u003c\/strong\u003e, to \u003cstrong\u003eoffshore oil rigs in the Arabian Sea\u003c\/strong\u003e, to the \u003cstrong\u003eIT revolution that made Bangalore the Silicon Valley of Asia\u003c\/strong\u003e. These five panels — agriculture, computing, space, industry, petroleum — were India's declaration that it intended to be a \u003cstrong\u003e21st-century economic power\u003c\/strong\u003e. The note was printed from 2000 to 2016, the exact years India went from a $500 billion economy to a \u003cstrong\u003e$2.3 trillion one\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRaghuram G. Rajan\u003c\/strong\u003e — whose signature appears on the final P-107 issues — was one of the few economists to publicly warn of the \u003cstrong\u003e2008 global financial crisis\u003c\/strong\u003e before it happened, at a Jackson Hole conference in 2005, and was largely dismissed. He later became \u003cstrong\u003eGovernor of the Reserve Bank of India (2013–2016)\u003c\/strong\u003e and is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant central bankers of his generation. His name on this note is a collector's bonus.\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 — including every single one of these 1000 Rupee notes — was invalidated in a single speech. Lines formed at banks stretching for blocks. ATMs ran dry within hours. 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. The 1000 Rupee note was never reissued. These are the last of their kind.\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 (hosted 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 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\u003eThe 1000 Rupee note was never replaced.\u003c\/strong\u003e After demonetization, the government issued a new ₹2,000 note and redesigned ₹500 — but the ₹1,000 denomination was quietly retired. This note is the end of a lineage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOwn the note that India killed — the highest denomination of the world's most populous nation, bearing the face of its greatest moral leader, struck down overnight by a prime minister's speech. The 1000 Rupee note is gone forever. This is your chance to hold one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52610357723447,"sku":"IN94-100-107VF","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/1000o.jpg?v=1783286517","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/india-p-94-p100-p107-1000-rupees-2000-2016-vf-gandhi","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}