RBI withdrawing older currency notes - Last date 30th June 2015 Check you travel wallets etc.. I just found 8 Rs.500 notes in my travel wallet - see pics Older notes of all denominations (Rs 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and Rs 1,000) without 'year' mention on its reverse are withdrawn by RBI Such notes can be freely exchanged at any bank branch till June 30, 2015 (this date was earlier extended from Jan 2015) Currency notes issued before 2005 do not have the 'year' of printing on the reverse side. see scanned image red Circle. In notes issued after 2005 the year of printing is visible at the bottom of the reverse side - see Scanned image Blue Circle year '2015' click on pic for more details http://joegoauk-pointofview.blogspot.in/2012/01/know-your-currency-notes-india.html
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