Monday, June 11, 2012

Nepal P-54

KINGDOM OF NEPAL
Nepalese rupee

P-54
Value: 10 rupees
Issued by: Nepal Rashtra Bank
Date: ND (2005)

King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (born 1947), the deposed King of Nepal. He has held the title of the King twice: first between 1950 and 1951 as a child when his grandfather King Tribhuvan was forced into exile in India with the rest of his family; and from 2001 to 2008, following the Nepalese royal massacre. King Gyanendra's second reign ended in 2008, when the monarchy was abolished by the Nepalese Constituent Assembly and the interim Federal Republic of Nepal formed ini its place. King Gyanendra became a private citizen and was stripped of his duties;
Image of Lord Changunarayan (a form of an appearance of Vishnu) on Garuda 

Black bucks; Coat of Arms of Nepal

Watermark: King Gyanendra
Material: Polymer
Clear Window: Image of the Royal Crown of Nepal
Remark: Regular issue 
Signature: Bijay Nath Bhattarai (2005-2007; 2009-2010)
For an earlier commemorative issue with horse-shoe shaped overprint see Nepal P-45

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