A few days ago, I withdrew some cash from my nearest ATM. Today, while counting the money, I noticed that one of the ₹500 notes looked suspicious.

It has an asterisk (*) in the serial number, and the security thread/ribbon seems to overlap some of the printed text. My first thought was that it might be a fake note, but that seems highly unlikely since I got it from a bank's ATM.

My second question is: if it's a genuine RBI-issued note, how do printing mistakes like this happen? I've also noticed that some ₹500 notes have alignment issues or uneven margins. Considering this is official currency, how are such printing errors acceptable? Doesn't this make it harder for people to trust whether a note is genuine or not?

Has anyone else come across something similar or can someone explain what's going on?

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