, Like B280, but new signature (Chiranjivi Nepal), new date (2015), raised black dot for sight-impaired, and rhino calf added to vignette on back. Intro: 13.06.2016. Courtesy of Shankar Shrestha (http://www.nuphil.com).Read More…
, 1,000 rupees, 2013. Like B279, but now dated at lower center front and back, and the bank name in English appears on the back. On 25 April 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal near the capital of Kathmandu, causing massive devastation in the nation’s capital and largest city,Read More…
, B280 (PNL): 5 rupees (US$0.05)Lilac, brown, and green. Front: Mount Everest; temple of Taleju; obverse of coin. Back: Bank logo; two yaks grazing; Mount Everest. Solid security thread. Watermark: Rhododendron. Printer: (TDLR). 120 x 70 mm.a. 2012. Signature 16. Intro: 02.10.2013. Courtesy of Dinesh R. Maskey, Sev Onyshkevych, andRead More…
, B285 (PNL): 500 rupees (US$5.95)Brown and violet. Front: Mount Everest; god Indra; Mount Amadablam and Thyangboche monastery; wood carvings; clouds. Back: Bank logo; two tigers drinking melted snow. 4-mm wide windowed security thread with demetalized NRB. Watermark: Rhododendron. Printer: (OT). 160 x 70 mm.a. 2012. Signature 16. Intro: 26.09.2013.Read More…
, B281 (PNL): 10 rupees (US$0.10)Brown, green, and lilac. Front: Mount Everest; Garud Narayan of Changu Narayan temple; obverse of coin. Back: Three black bucks grazing; trees; bank logo. Windowed security thread with demetalized NRB. Watermark: Rhododendron. Printer: Unknown. 133 x 70 mm.a. 2012. Signature 16. Intro: 12.09.2013. Courtesy ofRead More…
,,, B282 (PNL): 20 rupees (US$0.25)Orange and brown. Front: Mount Everest; temple of god Krishna of Patan; Garuda atop pillar; obverse of coin. Back: Swamp deer; trees; mountain; bank logo. Windowed security thread with demetalized NRB. Watermark: Rhododendron. Printer: (TDLR). 138 x 70 mm.a. 2012. Signature 16. Intro: 05.09.2013. B283Read More…
, B284 (PNL): 100 rupees (US$1.20)Green and lilac. Front: Mount Everest; Mayadevi inside silver metallic oval; map of Nepal; Ashoka pillar; wood carvings from temple of Taleju in Kathmandu; clouds. Back: One-horned rhinoceros in grassy plain; bank logo. 2.5-mm wide windowed security thread with demetalized NRB. Watermark: Rhododendron. Printer: (TDLR).Read More…
The Nepal chapter of The Banknote Book is now available for individual sale and as a free download to subscribers. This 30-page catalog covers notes issued by the Government of Nepal from 1945 to 1953, and the Nepal Rastra Bank from 1960 to present. Revised 15 June 2016. Each chapterRead More…
1,000 rupees (US$12.75), no date. Like preceding note, but new signature (Yuba Raj Khatiwada). Intro: 28.02.2012. Courtesy of Shankar Shrestha (www.nuphil.com).Read More…
According to a BCC report, Nepal Rastra Bank is withdrawing all banknotes bearing the portrait of the former king, Gyanendra, as of 15 March 2011, though they can still be exchanged for new notes depicting Mount Everest at bank branches for several more weeks.Read More…