Currency of India

The currency of India is the Rupee, issued by Reserve Bank of India. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs. Rupee notes come in denominations of 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 (the Rs1000.00 note is not as commonly found, especially outside of big cities). The rupee (Rs) is divided into 100 paise (p). The paise comes in coin denominations of five, 10, 20 (all no longer being issued) 25 and 50. There are also rupee coins in denominations of one, two and five.

Each banknote carries its amount written in 17 languages (English and Hindi on the front and 15 others on the back. The notes carry certain security features in the form of watermark, security thread, latent image, microlettering, fluorescence, optically variable ink, see through register, and legal provisions against counterfeiting. Soiled, mutilated notes can be exchanged at RBI.