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| Issuer | Nepal Government |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Size | 146 × 83 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a watermark window at right, flanked by a portrait vignette of King Tribhuwan at left and a central vignette of the Himalayan mountain range, with a further portrait of King Tribhuwan repeated at right of the central field. The layout is framed by fine guilloche borders with Devanagari and Latin script inscriptions. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in deep blue-violet intaglio on a light ground, with the Nepalese royal coat of arms at centre, comprising a shield supported by two Gurkha soldiers and surmounted by a parasol, with the national motto in Devanagari script on a banner below. Peacocks perched on tree branches occupy the left and right border vignettes, forming ornate side panels. A rectangular watermark window appears at right, while the denomination numerals '10' appear at lower left and lower right, with 'RUPEES TEN.' and Devanagari denomination text inscribed at centre left. |
| Reverse lettering | मोर् दस. / Rupees Ten. / जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी / मोरु दस |
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