Showing posts with label Nepal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nepal. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Nepal P-64

FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF NEPAL 
Nepalese rupee 

P-64(1)
Value: 100 rupees
Issued by: Nepal Rashtra Bank
Date: ND (2008-2010)

Mount Everest; Himalaya; Nyatapole Temple 

Rhinoceros

Watermark: Rhododendron flower
Signature: Krishna Bahadur Manandhar (2007-2009) 

Monday, June 11, 2012

Nepal P-60

FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF NEPAL 
Nepalese rupee 

P-60(1)
Value: 5 rupees
Issued by: Nepal Rashtra Bank
Date: ND (2009-2010)

Mount Everest; Taleju Temple 

Pair of yaks; Mount Everest

Watermark: Rhododendron flower
Signature: Krishna Bahadur Manandhar (2007-2009) 

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

Nepal P-53

KINGDOM OF NEPAL
Nepalese rupee

P-53b
Value: 5 rupees
Issued by: Nepal Rashtra Bank
Date: ND (2003-2006)

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; Taleju Temple 

Pair of yaks; Mount Everest 

Watermark: King Gyanendra 
Signature: Bijay Nath Bhattarai (2005-2007; 2009-2010)

Nepal P-37

KINGDOM OF NEPAL
Nepalese rupee 

P-37(2) 
Value: 1 rupee
Issued by: Nepal Rashtra Bank (Nepal National Bank)
Date: ND (ca. 1995-2000)

King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1945-2001), King of Nepal from 1972 until his death in the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre. He is the most internationally well-known Nepalese King in modern history; Pashupatinath Temple

Musk deers; Ama Dablam Mountain (Khumbu Region, Himalaya); Coat of Arms of Nepal

Watermark: Royal Crown of Nepal 
Signature: Satyendra Pyara Shrestha (1995-2000) 

Nepal P-29

KINGDOM OF NEPAL
Nepalese rupee 

P-29b(3) 
Value: 2 rupees
Issued by: Nepal Rashtra Bank (Nepal National Bank)
Date: ND (ca. 1995-2000)

King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1945-2001), King of Nepal from 1972 until his death in the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre. He is the most internationally well-known Nepalese King in modern history; Bajrayogini Temple.

Leopard; Coat of Arms of Nepal

Watermark: Royal Crown of Nepal 
Remarks: without line from King's lip extending downward; serial number 24 mm long
Signature: Satyendra Pyara Shrestha (1995-2000) 

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Nepal P-45

KINGDOM OF NEPAL
Nepalese rupee

P-45
Value: 10 rupees
Issued by: Nepal Rashtra Bank (Nepal National Bank)
Date: ND (2002)

Features
Obverse:
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. 

 Reverse:
Black bucks; Coat of Arms of Nepal 

Signature: Dr. Tilak Bahadur Rawal (Governor of the NRB, 2001-2005)
Material: Polymer
Clear window: Image of the Royal Crown of Nepal 
Watermark: King Gyanendra
Occasion: King Gyanendra's Accesion to Throne