![]() Result: False/Fabricated SourcesĪlso read: No, Claims That Volodymyr Zelensky Is Related To George Soros, The American Philanthropist, Is False Both notes are acceptable for transactions. ![]() The two versions have been acknowledged by the RBI as legitimate and said to have attributed this to a flaw in printing. The claim that RBI does not accept ₹500 notes in which the green security thread is closer to the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi is counterfeit is false. The RBI also published a list of security features of the note which does not mention anything regarding the placement of the security thread. Reality: Both these notes are acceptable currency.Ĭonclusion: #FakeNews /FCVdfClcrN- PIB India December 18, 2019 Newschecker also came across a tweet by PIB fact check from 2019 wherein the same claim was termed false.Ĭlaim: Images and TikTok Videos doing the rounds on #WhatsApp are claiming that ₹ 500 currency notes on which the green strip is closer to #Gandhi Ji are fake. The placement of the green security thread is different, just as the viral claim Image tweeted by social media users in 2016 comparing the two versions of the Rs 500 note. But if someone does not want to use it and return it to the RBI, that too can be done and we will give them full value.” Among the several differences pointed out between the two variants, was also the difference in the placement of the green security thread. It is a valid legal tender and can be freely used in transactions. ![]() Such a printing deficiency can happen once in a million. The article also quotes an RBI spokesperson as saying “It’s not a variant. RBI says printing flaw due to ‘rush’,” the headline of the article reads. The search result led us to an old article published on India Today website in 2016, which said that the difference in two notes was a printing mistake. ![]() In order to verify the authenticity of the claim, Newschecker conducted a keyword search of the words ‘ ₹500 notes’ ‘Fake’ and ‘security thread’. Only those which feature the windowed security thread closer to the RBI Governor’s signature are authentic. ₹500 notes, which have the green security thread closer to Mahatma Gandhi’s portrait are fake. ![]()
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