Soon after demonetization, RBI had said that it would introduce some new notes of Rs 20 and Rs 50. Yes, it had made this announcement after it printed new notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2000.
RBI had said that the new Rs 50 and Rs 20 currency will have numerals that are ascending in size and wouldn’t have intaglio painting.
There was a report in December which read, “
The Reserve Bank will shortly issue Rs 50 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005, without inset letter in both the number panels, bearing signature of Dr Urjit R Patel, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and the year of printing ‘2016’ printed on the reverse of the banknote.”
After this news was out, we all were eager to know how the new note would look like. Finally, a picture of this “Alleged new Rs 50 note” has gone viral on social media. Have a look at the leaked image.

The first thing that has attracted our eye is the new color scheme. Yes, these notes are turquoise blue in color, thereby differing totally from the current color scheme. These notes have Mahatma Gandhi printed on them.
As of now, there is no confirmation from RBI about the printing or circulation of notes and so, we have a doubt about them being authentic. Reports also said that there would be a temple from South India printed on the back side, but since only the front side is visible, it couldn’t be confirmed. Most probably it’s fake; we did our research and came across a tweet from a fact check site, which said it’s fake. However, we can’t give any surety as of now. It could be real too and there are chances it could be fake as well.
https://twitter.com/boomlive_in/status/898459485466877952
Check some Twitter reactions.
Monopoly feel!
New ₹50 note!? Indian currency bringing in some serious monopoly feel! #Demonetisation pic.twitter.com/43YU7jRgqV
— Dipali Patel (@Dipali_16) August 18, 2017
<strong>Should have saffron!
Should have been saffron instead of green. Possibly a hint of red would be more endearing.
— DrameBaaz (@BaazDrame) August 18, 2017
What a stroke!
Excellent..With this all the black money will go away….everybody uses 50 rs notes instead of higher denomination..what a stroke
— A Saideepak (@SaiGeometrician) August 18, 2017
Are you sure?
https://twitter.com/shradziebees/status/898398136862781440
Super color!
Super color ❤😁👌👌👌
— Prasanna Venkatesh NG (@PVNG91) August 18, 2017
I thought ABV!
I thought this time ABV would be on Rs.50 note in place of #Gandhi @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/IUV7x7L28A
— Dr.C.Srinivas (@doctor_csr) August 17, 2017
New Filter!
Gandhi ji pic with a new filter on new Rs. 50 note. pic.twitter.com/9DK4wrNVnv
— DevD (@the_papa_puppet) August 18, 2017
What do you think? Is this the real Rs 50 note or just a fake pic? We will keep you updated on the same.