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Nepal
 
 

 

Country overview

 

 

Nēpāl Adhirājya
Capital Kathmandu
Population (millions) 29.5
Area (sq km) 140,800
GDP per capita (USD PPP) 1,000

 

 

Polymer overview

 

 

Country ranking 20th All varieties 7
Year of the first polymer issue 2002 Proof 0
Number of polymer issues 1 Specimen 2
Current status Paper Regular 3
New polymer issues expected? No Replacement 2

 

 

General information

 

 

 

Central Bank of Nepal

 

 

 

 
Governor

Tilak Bahadur Rawal
(31.01.00 to 28.08.00 and
09.04.01 to 28.01.05)

Bijaya Nath Bhattarai
(31.01.05 to date)
 

 

 

 

Global tender notice for the printing and supply of Rs 10 polymer bank notes (2002)

Pre-qualifying global tender notice for printing and supply of Nepalese polymer bank notes (2003)

 

Nepalese numerals:

 

Nepalese characters used on polymer bank notes as serial number prefixes:
 

 

Bank notes

 

COUNTRY S CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Nepal 1 Rupee 10 133x70 P45 NPA Guardian®

S DATE_1 DATE_2 SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE PICS
1S1 2001 not given Rawal 1st issue; Nga 31 000000 no data not given F  B
1S2 none not given Bhattarai 2nd issue; Nga 86 000000 no data not given F  B
1R1 2001 2002 Rawal 1st issue; s/n pfx Nga 31 to Nga 80 est. 50,000,000 €1.50
 F  B
1R2 none 2005 Bhattarai 2nd issue; 2-digit s/n pfx denominator; s/n pfx Nga 86 to Nga 99 and Cha 10 to Cha 36 est. 50,000,000* €1.00
 F  B
1R3 none 2005 Bhattarai 2nd issue; 1-digit s/n pfx denominator; Cha 1 to Cha 9 *included €1.50 F  B
1Z1 2001 2002 Rawal 1st issue; s/n pfx Nga 81 to Nga 85 est. 5,000,000 €9.00 F  B
1Z2 none 2005 Bhattarai 2nd issue; s/n pfx Cha 37 est. 1,000,000 €7.50 F  B
 

 

1st issue issued on 30.09.02. S1R1 regular series from Nga 31 to Nga 80; S1Z1 replacement series from Nga 81 to Nga 85. 1st issue has a Nepalese year 2058 overprinted (equals 2001 A.D., which marks King Gyanendra's accession to the throne).

 

2nd issue issued on 12.09.05. S1R2 regular series (2-digit serial number prefix denominator) from Nga 86 to Nga 99 and from Cha 10 to Cha 36; S1R3 regular series (1-digit serial number prefix denominator) from Cha 1 to Cha 9; S1Z2 replacement series Cha 37. Fully consecutive numbering for the 2nd issue (000001 to 999999).

 

On 26.09.08, a new Rs10 paper bank note has been issued (first prefix Cha 42). The King's portrait has been replaced by an image of Mount Everest.

 

 

Changes for the 2nd issue (compared with the 1st issue):

(1) Omission of the commemorative text surrounding the clear window on obverse;

(2) Colour changes on obverse and reverse;

(3) Nepalese denomination numerals changed on obverse and reverse;

(4) Signature change.

 

 

Nepal, 10 Rupees, issued in 2002. Issued on the occasion of His Majesty King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Ded’s accession to the throne in 2001. The Royal Crown appears in the clear window. Front: King Gyanendra at left. Nepal is the only Hindu kingdom and the King is held to be a personification of Vishnu, the preserver of life, the protector of the universe, and the doyen of all Hindu gods. Vishnu holding a club and a wheel, and the imaginary Garuda bird at centre—this statue is found at the Changu Narayan Temple near Kathmandu. Back: An antelope (black buck) family at centre and the Nepalese Coat of Arms at right.

 

 

Note Printing Australia on the money in Nepal (2002)

Nepal orders more polymer bank notes from Australia (2004)

 

 

The pros of plastic (2001)

NRB to introduce Rs 10 polymer notes (2002)

New Rs 10 notes will be plastic (2002)

Mount Everest to replace Nepal king on currency note (2007)